MAVEN Orbiter: NASA's First Mission to Study Mars' Upper Atmosphere
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Alicia Cermak
Summary
The MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) orbiter is NASA's first mission dedicated to studying the Martian upper atmosphere. Launched on November 18, 2013, from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas V rocket, it entered Mars orbit on September 21, 2014. The spacecraft measures 37.5 feet in length, has a dry mass of 1,784 pounds, and carries eight science instruments totaling 143 pounds. Its four solar panels generate between 1,150 watts of power from over 2,000 solar cells.
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bskyMAVEN Orbiter: NASA's First Mission to Study Mars' Upper Atmospherescience.nasa.govKey quotes
· 1 pulledThe Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission was the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere.
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