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NASA | MAVEN Mission to Mars
November 15, 2013
NASA | MAVEN Mission to Mars
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When you navigate with a compass you can orient yourself thanks to Earth's global magnetic field. But on Mars, if you were to walk around with a compass it would haphazardly point from one anomaly ...
MAVEN Magnetometer
These images from the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph on NASA's MAVEN orbiter show the appearance of a bright aurora on Mars during a solar storm in September 2017. The purple-white colors shows t...
Solar Storm Triggers Whole-Planet Aurora at Mars
A lunar eclipse, a solar eclipse and Mars has a close encounter with a comet.
What's Up for October?
Artist's conception of the complex magnetic field environment at Mars. Yellow lines represent magnetic field lines from the Sun carried by the solar wind, blue lines represent Martian surface magne...
Artist's Conception of the Magnetic Field Environment at Mars
MAVEN, which stands for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, is a new NASA spacecraft embarking on a mission to study Mars' upper atmosphere, seeking to learn how the atmosphere and environment ...
MAVEN to Explore Upper Atmosphere of Mars
This ultraviolet image near Mars’ South Pole was taken by MAVEN on July 10 2016 and shows the atmosphere and surface during southern spring.
Ultraviolet Image Near Mars' South Pole
Scientists think that the collision of neutral hydrogen molecules may have helped to drive the Martian atmosphere into space over billions of years.
Mars Atmospheric Loss: Neutral Processes
This animation shows the sudden appearance of a bright aurora on Mars during a solar storm. The purple-white color scheme shows the intensity of ultraviolet light over the course of the event, from...
Solar Storm Triggers Whole-Planet Aurora at Mars
Phobos as observed by MAVEN's Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph.
Phobos Observed by MAVEN
Billions of years ago when the Red Planet was young, it appears to have had a thick atmosphere that was warm enough to support oceans of liquid water - a critical ingredient for life. (Audio: music...
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MAVEN positioned atop Atlas V rocket.
MAVEN Positioned Atop Atlas V Rocket
Robert Lin, the late director of the Space Sciences Laboratory, discusses how NASA's MAVEN spacecraft will study the interaction of the Martian atmosphere with the solar wind. MAVEN's findings will...
Studying the Solar Wind on Mars
This infographic shows the various sources of carbon dioxide on Mars and their estimated contribution to Martian atmospheric pressure.
Terraforming the Martian Atmosphere
This graphic depicts paths by which carbon has been exchanged among Martian interior, surface rocks, polar caps, waters and atmosphere, and also depicts a mechanism by which it is lost from the atm...
Carbon Exchange and Loss Processes on Mars
This is an artist's concept of the MAVEN spacecraft, showing the wedge-shaped “diving boards” that hold the Magnetometers at both ends of the solar arrays.
Artist's Concept of MAVEN
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission reached a milestone in September 2011.
Primary Structure for MAVEN Spacecraft
The Martian surface bears ample evidence of flowing water in its youth, from crater lakes and riverbeds to minerals that only form in water. But today Mars is cold and dry, and scientists think tha...
Investigating the Martian Atmosphere
MAVEN will use its Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer to study the interaction of neutral gases and ions in the Martian atmosphere with the solar wind, helping scientists to understand how Mars ...
Searching for Mars' Missing Atmosphere
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft on a 1...
Liftoff of MAVEN
The places where the red line on this graph extends higher than the blue line show detection of metals added to the Martian atmosphere from dust particles released by a passing comet on Oct. 19, 20...
Comet Meteor Shower Put Magnesium and Iron into Martian Atmosphere
The Langmuir Probe and Waves (LPW) instrument is part of the Particles and Fields (P & F) Package and determines ionospheric properties and wave heating of escaping ions and solar EUV input to ...
Langmuir Probe And Waves Instrument for MAVEN Spacecraft
This artist's concept depicts the early Martian environment (right) - believed to contain liquid water and a thicker atmosphere - versus the cold, dry environment seen at Mars today (left).
The Look of a Young Mars
Two days before the scheduled launch to Mars, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft rolled out of the Cape Canaveral Air For...
Mars-Bound MAVEN at the Launch Pad
This artist's concept depicts NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft orbiting Mars.
Artist's Concept Of MAVEN Orbiting Mars
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 contracto...
NASA Administrator Congratulates MAVEN Launch Team
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