High-risk, high-reward missions to the Red Planet will no longer be possible with the new budget proposed for the American space agency, analysts say. Spacecraft such as the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) are currently placed on hold indefinitely.
NASA will only get $1.2 billion for its planetary science programs, w... |
14 February 2012
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The past decade has revealed that Mars was not always the inhospitable world it is today. NASA plans to use the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) missions to figure out exactly what happened, and whether that can be reversed.
At this point, what was once a strong ... |
19 November 2011
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Lockheed Martin engineering teams working on the NASA Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft announce that the primary structure has already been completed. The teams are now ready to move on to the next step in the assembly phase of the project. This remarkable milestone was achieved on schedule, ... |
27 September 2011
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the next mission to Mars has successfully completed the Mission Critical Design Review (CDR), an important milestone in its development. NASA is currently building the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, which it plans to launch to the Red Pl... |
22 July 2011
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It's no longer a secret to anyone that the American space agency plans to send a new orbiter spacecraft to Mars by the end of 2013. In a recent announcement, NASA informed that it has selected the delivery system that will get the spacecraft to the Red Planet. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) o... |
27 October 2010
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Officials at the American space agency announced yesterday, October 21, that Littleton, Colorado-based United Launch Services, LLC (ULS) will be responsible for launching the upcoming MAVEN mission to the Red Planet. The flight will include the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft (MAVEN), which is curre... |
22 October 2010
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Officials at the American space agency decided on October 4 to green-light a new phase of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, the next NASA orbiter to the Red Planet. With the new approval for development, the spacecraft will begin to be built, and will be readied for a 2013 launch date. This ... |
6 October 2010
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Following the resounding success of the Mars Phoenix Lander's mission, its three main project leaders were invited to New York's Popular Mechanics' Breakthrough conference in order to shed more light on the gathered data and on what future similar missions may expect to discover.The mission of NASA... |
17 October 2008
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Out of about 20 candidates for NASA's next mission to the red planet, the organization selected the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft. The $485 million project was chosen on grounds like lowest implementation risk and best science value, and it will provide new or additional informa... |
18 September 2008
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