Tag: MAVEN

MAVEN Launch #NASASocial

Segment: 150 of NASA’s social media followers were given an insider’s look at America’s space program and the opportunity to learn about the upcoming launch of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and …
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MAVEN Arrives at Mars

Engineers from Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Littleton, Colorado monitor progress of the 33-minute orbit-insertion maneuver intended to place NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft in orbit around …
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MAVEN Magnetometer

MAVEN’s dual magnetometers will allow scientists to study the interaction between the solar wind and the Martian atmosphere, giving us a better understanding of how Mars has evolved from a …
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MAVEN Update on This Week @NASA

The MAVEN spacecraft is the latest NASA probe designed to help piece together a complete picture of The Red Planet’s past. MAVEN’s piece of the puzzle — to understand what …
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MAVEN is on the way on This Week @NASA

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a 10-month journey to Mars. MAVEN will take critical measurements of …
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MAVEN Swing Test

The MAVEN swing test is performed to capture the magnetic signature of the spacecraft. Test engineers swing the vehicle on the x and y-axis and compare the data to a …
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MAVEN Shipping to NASA Kennedy

Lockheed Martin shipped NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft to the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on Friday, Aug. 2. The 1,784-pound spacecraft was shipped on a U.S. Air Force transport plane in an …
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Curiosity and MAVEN Explore Mars

This animation first shows Curiosity working to understand Mars as a past habitat, with a cut to MAVEN arriving at Mars to study the upper Martian atmosphere. Curiosity will not …
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