NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is quickly approaching Mars on a mission to study its upper atmosphere.

September 12, 2014

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is quickly approaching Mars on a mission to study its upper atmosphere. When it arrives on September 21, 2014, MAVEN’s winding journey from Earth will culminate with a dramatic engine burn, pulling the spacecraft into an elliptical orbit.

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