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MAVEN Solar Panel
February 08, 2013
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Courtesy Lockheed Martin
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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
A full moon rises behind the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft onboard at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch...
Night Before Launch of Mars-Bound MAVEN Spacecraft
Three views of an escaping atmosphere, obtained by MAVEN’s Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph.
MAVEN Observing Water and Carbon Dioxide Breakdown
An Atlas V rocket is being prepared for liftoff at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41.
The MAVEN Countdown is Underway
This graphic depicts the relative shapes and distances from Mars for five active orbiter missions plus the planet's two natural satellites. It illustrates the potential for intersections of the spa...
Diverse Orbits Around Mars
This graph shows how the amount of water in the atmosphere of Mars varies depending on the season.
Seasonal Water on Mars (Illustration)
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
The Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) measures the composition and isotopes of thermal neutrals and ions.
Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer for MAVEN Spacecraft
Image of MAVEN spacecraft, annotated to identify instruments
MAVEN Instrument Panel
This is an image of the ultraviolet “nightglow” in the Martian atmosphere over the south pole. Green and white false colors represent the intensity of ultraviolet light, with white being the bright...
Ultraviolet ‘Nightglow' of Mars Atmosphere Over South Pole
Engineers work on the MAVEN spacecraft, which is dominated by the high-gain antenna that is crucial to communications with NASA's Deep Space Network.
MAVEN's High-Gain Antenna
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
These eight graphs present data from the Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer on NASA's MAVEN orbiter identifying ions of different metals added to the Martian atmosphere shortly after comet C/201...
Ions of Eight Metals from Comet Dust Detected in Mars Atmosphere
NASA Science missions circle Earth, the Sun, the Moon, Mars and many other destinations within our solar system, including spacecraft that look out even further into our universe. The Science Fleet...
SMD Spacecraft Fleet
This artist's concept depicts the early Martian environment (left) - believed to contain liquid water and a thicker atmosphere - versus the cold, dry environment seen at Mars today (right).
The Look of a Young Mars
This animation shows a proton aurora at Mars. First, a solar wind proton approaches Mars at high speed and encounters a cloud of hydrogen surrounding the planet.
Animation of Proton Aurora at Mars
Artist’s concept of Comet Siding Spring approaching Mars, shown with NASA’s orbiters preparing to make science observations of this unique encounter.
NASA's Mars Orbiters Maneuvers as Comet Siding Spring Approaching Mars
Aerobraking plan for MAVEN
MAVEN Aerobraking to Achieve Science and Relay Orbit
Graphic illustrating the MAVEN spacecraft encountering plasma layers at Mars.
Artist's Concept of MAVEN Encountering Plasma Layers at Mars
Mars's thick early atmosphere was likely lost to space, and the Sun is a potential culprit. When high-energy solar photons strike the upper Martian atmosphere they can ionize gas molecules, causing...
MAVEN: Mars Atmospheric Loss: Plasma Processes
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
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has obtained its first observations of the extended upper atmosphere surrounding Mars.
MAVEN Spacecraft Returns First Mars Observations
An Atlas V rocket lifts off at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41.
Liftoff of MAVEN
This image is a stereo, panoramic view of various trenches dug by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. The images that make up this panorama were taken by Phoenix's Surface Stereo Imager at about 4 p.m., lo...
Phoenix Trenches (3-D)
NASA officials discuss the launch and the mission.
NASA Manager Discusses MAVEN Launch
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