MAVEN Timelapse: Ready For Mars In Mere Minutes
Published on Nov 15, 2013
It took NASA weeks of processing to ready the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft for launch to the red planet, but this timelapse condenses that into less than 3 minutes.
Blast-Off! MAVEN Launches To Mars
Published on Nov 18, 2013
NASA's next mission to the Red Planet is underway as an Atlas V rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Nov. 18th, 2013. The rocket carried NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft.
NASA Administrator Congratulates MAVEN Launch Team
Published on Nov 18, 2013
Following liftoff of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden congratulated the agency and contractor launch team.
New Mars Probe 'Progression' To Manned Mission - NASA Administrator Interview
Published on Nov 18, 2013
The MAVEN mission to study the Red Planet's atmosphere launched on Nov. 18th, 2013, NASA administrator Charles Bolden talks to SPACE.com's @tariqjmalik about the mission and answers reader questions.
MAVEN's Trajectory to Mars
Published on Mar 20, 2014
This movie shows the cruise trajectory of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, which was launched on Nov. 18, 2013. It will arrive at Mars on Sept. 21, 2014, to explore the planet's upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar wind. The range and speed of MAVEN with respect to Earth, Mars and the sun, both in metric (kilometers) and Imperial (miles) units, is displayed along with a date and the number of days until arrival at Mars. The sun-centered trajectory of MAVEN, shown in blue, takes 308 days to transit from Earth's orbit in green, to Mars' orbit in red. The movie updates at a rate of twice per day and shows the MAVEN spacecraft, Earth and Mars locations.
MAVEN Post Mars Orbit Insertion News Conference
Published on Sep 21, 2014
A NASA news conference was held to announce the arrival of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft into Mars’ orbit at 10:24 p.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 21, where it now will prepare to study the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere as never done before. MAVEN is the first spacecraft dedicated to exploring the tenuous upper atmosphere of Mars. After a 10-month journey, confirmation of successful orbit insertion was received at 10:24 p.m. from MAVEN data, observed at the Lockheed Martin operations center in Littleton, Colorado, as well as from tracking data monitored at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) navigation facility in Pasadena, California. The telemetry and tracking data were received by NASA’s Deep Space Network antenna station in Canberra, Australia. Following orbit insertion, MAVEN will begin a six-week commissioning phase that includes maneuvering into its final science orbit and testing the instruments and science-mapping commands. MAVEN then will begin its one Earth-year primary mission, taking measurements of the composition, structure and escape of gases in Mars’ upper atmosphere and its interaction with the sun and solar wind.
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