Tag: MAVEN
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Solar wind blasting away Martian atmosphere
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The solar wind, the million-mile-per-hour stream of charged particles blasted away from the sun, is slowly but surely stripping away Mars’ atmosphere and likely played a major role in turning the red planet from a habitable world in the distant past into the dry, frozen wasteland seen today,…
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MAVEN begins science mission at Mars
Artist’s concept of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft at Mars. Credit: NASA/GSFC NASA’s newest Mars orbiter has formally started a one-year research campaign to study an ancient case of climate change that starved the red planet of water, breathable air and potential life, scientists said Monday. The mission’s milestone came after two months of instrument calibrations, test…
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India, NASA plot science campaign for Mars orbiters
TORONTO – Officials working on India’s Mars orbiter project are finalizing plans for a six-month science campaign after the spacecraft arrived in orbit last week, an achievement that has already satisfied the mission’s primary objectives, the head of India’s space agency said Monday. Since the probe entered orbit around Mars, scientists have switched on four…
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YIR (Part III) – Mars exploration continues; India joins an elite club
2013 was another year dominated by the increase in robotic exploration of humanity’s most sought-after and elusive terrestrial neighbor. With two active rovers, a fleet of orbiting vehicles, and two new missions in 2013, Mars exploration continues to pave the way for the next generation of crewed space exploration. ESA’s Mars Express: For the European…
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Atlas V launches MAVEN en route to Martian adventure
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has begun its journey to Mars following its launch atop the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket Monday. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) occurred at 13:28 Eastern (18:28 UTC), at the start of what was a two-hour window. MAVEN: The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN,…
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Assessing the Martian atmosphere: MAVEN prepares for launch
With less than 18 days to go before the beginning of NASA’s next scheduled mission to Mars, engineers and vehicle processing personnel at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, are hard at work preparing MAVEN and its Atlas V rocket for launch on 18 November. MAVEN – A multi-year/corporation endeavor: The Mars Atmosphere and…
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NASA’s MAVEN completes assembly ahead of mission to Mars
Lockheed Martin engineers have completed the assembly of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, ahead of shipping to the Kennedy Space Center in August. MAVEN is scheduled to launch towards Mars in November – where it will study the Martian upper atmosphere. NASA MAVEN: MAVEN is a robotic exploration mission to understand the…