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MAVEN Spacecraft Orbiting Mars Artist's Conception

Government Shutdown Could Threaten NASA's Next Mars Probe Launch

By Mike Wall published

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This artist concept image shows NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft in orbit around Mars to study the planet's atmosphere like never before. The MAVEN spacecraft arrived at Mars on Sept. 21, 2014 after a 10-month journey that

Photos: NASA's MAVEN Mission to Mars

By Space.com Staff published

NASA's Maven mission will study the Martian upper atmosphere.

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MAVEN Spacecraft Orbiting Mars Artist's Conception

NASA's Next Mars Mission to Unravel Secrets of Red Planet's Atmosphere

By Leonard David published

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Maven Mars Probe at Kennedy Space Center

NASA's Next Mars Probe Arrives at Launch Site

By Mike Wall published

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Maven Studies Mars Atmosphere

How to Send a Haiku to Mars on NASA Spacecraft

By Mike Wall published

Only three poems will be selected to ride on the Maven orbiter, which is slated to launch in November.

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Maven in Clean Room

Maven's Haven: NASA's Next Mars Mission Preps for Launch

By Leonard David published

The next probe to be sent to orbit Mars is being readied for liftoff.

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Red Planet MAVEN: New Probe to Scan Martian Atmosphere

NASA's Next Mars Probe to Spy on Red Planet from Above

By Denise Chow published

The MAVEN mission will investigate the rate of atmospheric loss on Mars.

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ExoMars 2016 Mission

NASA Raids Outer Planets Budget To Fund Fast Start on Mars Reboot

By Dan Leone published

NASA is starting the planning process for its scaled-back robotic Mars exploration program.

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Mars Science Laboratory: Big Wheels on A Red Planet

NASA Scales Back Mars Exploration Strategy to Fit Budget

By Mike Wall published

Big-ticket "flagship" missions to the Red Planet are off the table, for now.

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NASA Launches New Spacecraft to Study the Sun

NASA Chooses Atlas 5 Rocket to Launch New Mars Orbiter

By Stephen Clark published

NASA has selected an Atlas 5 rocket to launch a new orbiter to Mars in November 2013.

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