More than research: MAVEN team members showcase the value of science to society
What does studying a distant planet have to do with human affairs here on Earth? Martian science doesn’t always seem to have a direct connection with our society, but it does in fact provide many...
View ArticleA love letter to MAVEN for Valentine’s Day
It’s spring on Mars and love ozone is in the air! In the northern hemisphere, the north pole is seeing sunlight for the first time in a long time, and the magenta color indicates the presence of...
View ArticleNASA’s MAVEN mission team reflects on its approaches to inclusion
The MAVEN team at the Fall 2022 Peer Science Group Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. In a recent Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences publication, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile...
View ArticleNASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Stuns with Ultraviolet Views of Red Planet
NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission acquired stunning views of Mars in two ultraviolet images taken at different points along our neighboring planet’s orbit around the Sun....
View ArticleFollow the water on Mars: How the changing seasons have led to water loss
The MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission team is always conducting exciting, new scientific research. Many of these results are then published in leading academic journals. In our...
View ArticleT-Minus 10 stories of NASA’s MAVEN launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, on Monday,...
View ArticleMAVEN Science at the AGU 2023 Fall Meeting
NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission is the only asset currently at Mars that is able to observe the Sun’s activity as well as the simultaneous response of the Martian...
View ArticleNASA’s MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind
In December 2022, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream of charged particles constantly emanating off the Sun,...
View ArticleCU Boulder student highlights MAVEN research at Honors Sidewalk Symposium
University of Colorado (CU) Boulder undergraduate Hunter Pratt with his creation at the CU Boulder’s Honors Sidewalk Symposium. The art shows how the MAVEN spacecraft measures Mars’ atmospheric...
View ArticleNASA’s MAVEN science highlights at AGU 2024
A decade ago, on September 21, 2014, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft entered orbit around Mars, beginning its ongoing exploration of the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere....
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