MAVEN
Overview
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) is the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere. Today Mars is cold and dry, but ancient Mars was warm, wet, and possibly hospitable to life. Scientists think that the loss of Mars' early atmosphere caused the planet to dry up, and MAVEN is testing this hypothesis by observing present-day interactions of the Martian atmosphere with the solar wind. Learn more about MAVEN from NASA and CU Boulder.
Content
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The Day the Solar Wind Disappeared from Mars
Learn about the “disappearance” of the solar wind at Mars that was witnessed by MAVEN – an event last seen nearly a quarter-century ago at Earth.Complete transcript available.Universal Production Music: “Space Museum” by Harry Gregson Williams [BMI], Atmosphere Music Ltd. [PRS]; “Currents and Crime Scenes” by Dylan Matthew Love and Harry Gregson Williams [BMI], Atmosphere Music Ltd. [PRS]Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || MAVEN_Solar_Wind_Disappear_V4_print.jpg (1024x576) [142.7 KB] || MAVEN_Solar_Wind_Disappear_V4.jpg (1280x720) [459.3 KB] || MAVEN_Solar_Wind_Disappear_V4.png (1280x720) [800.2 KB] || MAVEN_Solar_Wind_Disappear_V4_searchweb.png (320x180) [69.9 KB] || MAVEN_Solar_Wind_Disappear_V4_thm.png (80x40) [6.5 KB] || 14477_MAVEN_Solar_Wind_Disappear_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [243.1 MB] || 14477_MAVEN_Solar_Wind_Disappear_720.mp4 (1280x720) [43.4 MB] || 14477_MAVEN_Solar_Wind_Disappear_4K.mp4 (3840x2160) [3.0 GB] || MavenSolarWindCaptionsV2.en_US.srt [3.8 KB] || MavenSolarWindCaptionsV2.en_US.vtt [3.6 KB] ||
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Mars Disappearing Solar Wind: MAVEN Visualizations
This data visualization depicts a period of decreased solar wind at Mars that occurred on December 25, 2022, causing the planet’s magnetosphere to expand outward. Ion velocity and density data collected by the MAVEN spacecraft is presented using a color-mapped satellite orbit tail and vectors along MAVEN’s orbit. || maven_solar_wind_comp.02715_print.jpg (1024x576) [84.4 KB] || maven_solar_wind_comp.02715_searchweb.png (320x180) [47.3 KB] || maven_solar_wind_comp.02715_thm.png (80x40) [4.3 KB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_60p/maven_solar_wind_comp/ (3840x2160) [256.0 KB] || maven_solar_wind_comp_prores.mov (3840x2160) [10.1 GB] || maven_solar_wind_comp_2160p60.mp4 (3840x2160) [187.6 MB] ||
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Mars Patchy Proton Aurora
NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission and the United Arab Emirates’ Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) have released joint observations of dynamic proton aurora events at Mars. Remote auroral observations by EMM paired with in-situ plasma observations made by MAVEN open new avenues for understanding the Martian atmosphere. This collaboration was made possible by recent data-sharing between the two missions and highlights the value of multi-point observations in space.Learn more about this discovery by MAVEN and EMM. ||
- Infographic
MAVEN Infographic: Martian Dust Storms Accelerate Water Loss
This illustration shows how water is lost on Mars normally vs. during regional or global dust storms. Text-readable PDF version.Credits: NASA/Goddard/CI Lab/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez/Krystofer Kim || MAVEN_ILLO_v7_print.jpg (1024x575) [117.4 KB] || MAVEN_ILLO_v7.png (6667x3750) [1.5 MB] || MAVEN_ILLO_v7.jpg (6667x3750) [1.4 MB] || MAVEN_ILLO_v7_searchweb.png (320x180) [53.3 KB] || MAVEN_ILLO_v7_thm.png (80x40) [5.9 KB] ||
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First Map of Mars Electric Currents
MAVEN data have enabled the first map of the electric current systems (blue and red arrows) that shape the induced magnetic field surrounding Mars.Credit: NASA/Goddard/MAVEN/CU Boulder/SVSUniversal Production Music: “A Lucid Dream” and “Shimmer Oscillations” by James Joshua OttoWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || MarsElectricCurrentsPreview6_print.jpg (1024x576) [305.8 KB] || MarsElectricCurrentsPreview6.jpg (1920x1080) [853.6 KB] || MarsElectricCurrentsPreview6_searchweb.png (320x180) [50.6 KB] || MarsElectricCurrentsPreview6_thm.png (80x40) [5.3 KB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_Facebook.mp4 (1920x1080) [359.1 MB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_Twitter.mp4 (1280x720) [63.8 MB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_MASTER.mov (3840x2160) [14.2 GB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_YouTube.mp4 (3840x2160) [2.8 GB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_YouTube.webm (3840x2160) [91.7 MB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_Captions.en_US.srt [7.2 KB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_Captions.en_US.vtt [6.8 KB] ||
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MAVEN – Mars Electric Current Systems
The current systems formed around Mars as a result of a solar wind driven convective electric field(Note: These frame sets were converted to the sRGB color space on 6/16/2020)This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || ideal_currents_1080.00600_print.jpg (1024x576) [71.1 KB] || ideal_currents_1080.00600_searchweb.png (320x180) [21.7 KB] || ideal_currents_1080.00600_thm.png (80x40) [2.0 KB] || ideal_currents_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [74.0 MB] || idealized_currents_prores.mov (1920x1080) [2.9 GB] || ideal_currents_1080.webm (1920x1080) [9.9 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ideal_curr/ (1920x1080) [256.0 KB] || ideal_currents_4k_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [170.1 MB] || Mars_idealized_currents_4k_prores.mov (3840x2160) [3.5 GB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_30p/ideal_curr/ (3840x2160) [256.0 KB] || captions_silent.25991.en_US.srt [43 bytes] ||
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MAVEN – Mars and Solar Wind Simulation
This simulation depicts the solar wind interacting with the Mars upper atmosphere, with MAVEN's orbit embedded. || maven_cme44.03600_print.jpg (1024x512) [253.9 KB] || maven_cme44.03600_searchweb.png (320x180) [92.7 KB] || maven_cme44.03600_thm.png (80x40) [5.2 KB] || maven_cme44_1024p30.mp4 (2048x1024) [195.1 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (2048x1024) [128.0 KB] || maven_cme44_1024p30.webm (2048x1024) [5.9 MB] ||
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MAVEN Observes Solar Particle Velocities and the Induced Magnetic Field
MAVEN orbits Mars and measures solar particle velocities and variations in the solar wind’s magnetic field. || maven_vels_magField.03000_print.jpg (1024x576) [92.5 KB] || maven_vels_magField.03000_searchweb.png (320x180) [63.5 KB] || maven_vels_magField.03000_thm.png (80x40) [4.2 KB] || maven_vels_magField_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [83.1 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [512.0 KB] || maven_vels_magField_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [19.0 MB] || 4824_MAVEN_Solar_Wind_Data_1080_30p.mov (1920x1080) [2.6 GB] ||
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MAVEN Explores Mars to Understand Radio Interference at Earth
The MAVEN mission explores Mars’ atmosphere to better study a phenomenon observed at Earth, known as “Sporadic-E Layers.” They are concentrations of plasma that form in the ionosphere and interfere with radio waves. This video is animated in a comic book style.Music from Universal Production Music. Songs include: "Alpha and Omega," "Break the News," and "Waiting for a Sensation." || MAVEN_thumb.jpg (3840x2160) [801.1 KB] || MAVEN_thumb_searchweb.png (320x180) [106.4 KB] || MAVEN_thumb_thm.png (80x40) [5.2 KB] || 13342_SPORADIC_MAVEN_MASTER.webm (960x540) [63.4 MB] || 13342_SPORADIC_MAVEN_MASTER_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [178.5 MB] || 13342_SPORADIC_MAVEN_MASTER_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [29.9 MB] || 13342_SPORADIC_MAVEN_MASTER.mov (3840x2160) [10.8 GB] || 13442_MAVEN_caption.en_US.srt [4.4 KB] || 13442_MAVEN_caption.en_US.vtt [4.4 KB] ||
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MAVEN Sporadic E Layer Animations
Maven Intro || P_MAVEN_1019_Sporadic_E_Sc_4_Maven_Intro_Frames_00062_print.jpg (1024x576) [128.0 KB] || P_MAVEN_1019_Sporadic_E_Sc_4_Maven_Intro.mov (3840x2160) [1.3 GB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_24p/P_MAVEN_1019_Sporadic_E_Sc_4_Maven_Intro_Frames/ (3840x2160) [32.0 KB] || P_MAVEN_1019_Sporadic_E_Sc_4_Maven_Intro_Frames_2160p24.mp4 (3840x2160) [20.4 MB] || P_MAVEN_1019_Sporadic_E_Sc_4_Maven_Intro_Frames_2160p24.webm (3840x2160) [2.4 MB] ||
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Mars Wind Currents Reveal a Surprising Feature
By measuring windspeed and direction in the Mars upper atmosphere, MAVEN has discovered that high-altitude wind currents are being disturbed by terrain features far below.Credit: NASA/Goddard/MAVEN/CU Boulder/University of MichiganUniversal Production Music: “Glacial Shifts” by James Joshua OttoWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || FACEBOOK_720_13485_Mars_Upper_Winds_MASTER_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [216.5 MB] || 13485_MarsUpperWinds_Preview_print.jpg (1024x576) [77.9 KB] || 13485_MarsUpperWinds_Preview.jpg (3840x2160) [399.6 KB] || 13485_MarsUpperWinds_Preview_searchweb.png (320x180) [57.6 KB] || 13485_MarsUpperWinds_Preview_thm.png (80x40) [4.8 KB] || CH28_13485_Mars_Upper_Winds_MASTER_ch28.mov (1280x720) [1.8 GB] || TWITTER_720_13485_Mars_Upper_Winds_MASTER_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [37.3 MB] || 13485_Mars_Upper_Winds_MASTER.webm (960x540) [78.1 MB] || 13485_Mars_Upper_Winds_MASTER.mov (3840x2160) [19.2 GB] || 13485_Mars_Upper_Winds_YouTube.mp4 (3840x2160) [2.0 GB] || 13485_Mars_Upper_Winds_Captions.en_US.srt [4.2 KB] || 13485_Mars_Upper_Winds_Captions.en_US.vtt [4.2 KB] ||
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Mars Upper Level Winds Observed by MAVEN - Visualizations
MAVEN observes upper level Martian winds over the course of about two years. || maven_upper_winds_60fps.0104__cam_mainShape_190909182423_beauty.1780_print.jpg (1024x576) [42.9 KB] || maven_upper_winds_60fps.0104__cam_mainShape_190909182423_beauty.1780_searchweb.png (320x180) [49.1 KB] || maven_upper_winds_60fps.0104__cam_mainShape_190909182423_beauty.1780_thm.png (80x40) [4.0 KB] || maven_upper_winds_campaigns_1080p60.mp4 (1920x1080) [51.0 MB] || maven_upper_winds_campaigns_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [46.4 MB] || maven_upper_winds.0104_cam_mainShape_190909182423_beauty_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [9.6 MB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_60p/campaigns/ (3840x2160) [512.0 KB] || 4755_MAVEN_Wind_Currents_Full.mov (3840x2160) [9.7 GB] || maven_upper_winds_campaigns_2160p60.mp4 (3840x2160) [162.2 MB] || maven_upper_winds_campaigns_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [146.8 MB] ||
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Mars Wind Currents Reveal a Surprising Feature - Animations
By measuring windspeed and direction in the Mars upper atmosphere, MAVEN has discovered that high-altitude wind currents are being disturbed by terrain features far below. || 20302_MarsUpperWinds_Preview_print.jpg (1024x576) [131.1 KB] || 20302_MarsUpperWinds_Preview.jpg (3840x2160) [676.6 KB] || 20302_MarsUpperWinds_Preview_searchweb.png (320x180) [86.0 KB] || 20302_MarsUpperWinds_Preview_thm.png (80x40) [6.4 KB] || YOUTUBE_1080_MAVEN_Mars_Terrain_Winds_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [135.6 MB] || FACEBOOK_720_MAVEN_Mars_Terrain_Winds_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [104.1 MB] || TWITTER_720_MAVEN_Mars_Terrain_Winds_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [16.4 MB] || MAVEN_Mars_Terrain_Winds.webm (960x540) [39.0 MB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_60p/ (3840x2160) [256.0 KB] || MAVEN_Mars_Terrain_Winds.mov (3840x2160) [10.6 GB] || YOUTUBE_4K_MAVEN_Mars_Terrain_Winds_youtube_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [595.8 MB] ||
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MAVEN Aerobraking to Achieve Science and Relay Orbit
Aerobraking plan for MAVEN. (left) Current MAVEN orbit around Mars — 6200-km highest altitude, and an orbit period of ~4.5 hours. (center) Aerobraking process — MAVEN performs a series of “deep dip” orbits approaching to within ~125 km of Mars at lowest altitude, causing drag from the atmosphere slow down the spacecraft. Over roughly three-hundred and sixty orbits spanning about two months, this slowing reduces the spacecraft’s highest altitude to ~4500 km and its orbit period to ~3.5 hours. (right) Post-aerobraking orbit, with reduced altitude and shorter orbit period. || maven_aerobraking_comp_03_print.jpg (1024x576) [90.4 KB] || MavenAerobrakingDiagram.jpg (3840x2160) [679.4 KB] || maven_aerobraking_comp_03_searchweb.png (320x180) [38.7 KB] || maven_aerobraking_comp_03_thm.png (80x40) [4.9 KB] || maven_aerobraking_comp_03.tif (3840x2160) [23.8 MB] ||
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Terraforming the Martian Atmosphere
One of the challenges of terraforming Mars is to increase its atmospheric pressure, which is currently less than 1% that of Earth. The Martian polar caps, minerals, and soil could all provide sources of carbon dioxide and water to thicken the atmosphere. Unfortunately, a new study by the MAVEN science team finds that processing all sources available on Mars would only increase the pressure to about 7% that of Earth, far short of what is needed.Learn more about this finding. ||
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Mars Evolution from Wet to Dry
These animations were originally created to accompany Invisible Mars, a Science-on-a-Sphere live presentation for the MAVEN mission. The animations have been rendered for use in other formats, including the NASA Hyperwall. Learn more about MAVEN and about the Lunar and Planetary Institute.Credit: Created for the MAVEN mission by the Lunar and Planetary Institute ||
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Mars Proton Aurora
On Earth, the northern and southern lights occur when the solar wind (electrically charged particles from the Sun) follow our planet's geomagnetic field lines to the poles and collide with the upper atmosphere. Mars lacks a global magnetic field, so instead the solar wind piles up in front of Mars in a bow shock, which blocks charged particles from reaching the bulk of the atmosphere. However, in a process first observed by the MAVEN mission, some solar wind protons can slip past the bow shock by first bonding with electrons from the Mars upper atmosphere to form hydrogen atoms. Because these hydrogen atoms are electrically neutral, they can pass through the bow shock and go on to create an ultraviolet proton aurora on the dayside of Mars.Learn more about MAVEN's observation of a proton aurora at Mars. ||
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2017 AGU Habitability Press Conference
Spanning Disciplines to Search for Life Beyond EarthThe search for life beyond Earth is riding a surge of creativity and innovation. Following a gold rush of exoplanet discovery over the past two decades, it is time to tackle the next step: determining which of the known exoplanets are proper candidates for life. Scientists from NASA and two universities presented new results dedicated to this task in fields spanning astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and planetary science — demonstrating how a cross-disciplinary approach is essential to finding life on other worlds — at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union on Dec. 13, 2017, in New Orleans, Louisiana.PANELISTS:• Giada Arney, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center• Stephen Kane, University of California-Riverside• Katherine Garcia-Sage, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Catholic University of America• Dave Brain, University of Colorado-Boulder ||
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MAVEN Reveals Mars Argon Loss to Space
Infographic explaining the MAVEN argon results. Enlarge or click "download" for print-resolution versions. Also available in text-readable PDF for the visually impaired. || MAVEN_Argon_Infographic_print.jpg (1024x450) [159.1 KB] || MAVEN_Argon_Infographic.jpg (7500x3300) [4.1 MB] || MAVEN_Argon_Infographic.png (7500x3300) [27.0 MB] || MAVEN_Argon_Infographic_searchweb.png (320x180) [72.3 KB] || MAVEN_Argon_Infographic_thm.png (80x40) [5.0 KB] || MAVEN_Argon_Infographic.tif (7500x3300) [27.2 MB] ||
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Ultraviolet Mars Reveals Cloud Formation
Ultraviolet images from NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission, MAVEN, were used to make this movie of rapid cloud formation on Mars. Watch this video on the NASA.gov Video YouTube channel. || MarsCloudsUltravioletPreview.jpg (800x800) [87.2 KB] || MarsCloudsUltravioletPreview_searchweb.png (320x180) [83.3 KB] || MarsCloudsUltravioletPreview_thm.png (80x40) [6.8 KB] || IUVS3CloudMovie.mov (800x800) [8.4 MB] || IUVS3CloudMovie_large.mp4 (800x800) [11.1 MB] || IUVS3CloudMovie.webm (960x540) [4.3 MB] ||
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Mars Evolution from Wet to Dry for Planetariums
Mars transitions from a wet planet early in its history to the dry world that we see today. This animation has been formatted for planetarium full-dome presentations, rendered for unidirectional domes in a variety of resolutions, up to 4K. || Wet_to_Dry_Mars_Edited.jpg (2048x2048) [1.6 MB] || Wet_to_Dry_Mars_2K.mp4 (2048x2048) [190.7 MB] || Wet_to_Dry_Mars_1K.mp4 (1024x1024) [76.5 MB] || frames/2048x2048_1x1_30p/ (2048x2048) [256.0 KB] || 12266_Wet_To_Dry_Mars_Planetarium.webm (720x720) [2.9 MB] || 12266_Wet_To_Dry_Mars_Planetarium.mov (4096x4096) [4.8 GB] || frames/4096x4096_1x1_30p/ (4096x4096) [256.0 KB] ||
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The Mars Fleet
A fleet of landers, rovers, and orbiters is exploring the Red Planet, providing mission controllers with a remote presence on Mars. This visualization is available for download in 4K Ultra HD. || MarsFleetClosePreview.jpg (1920x1080) [168.3 KB] || MarsFleetClosePreview_searchweb.png (320x180) [55.1 KB] || MarsFleetClosePreview_thm.png (80x40) [5.4 KB] || Mars_Fleet_SVS_4414.00015_searchweb.png (320x180) [66.1 KB] || mars_fleet_Mar2016_4k_2160p30.00015_searchweb.png (320x180) [61.1 KB] || Mars_Fleet_SVS_4414.mov (1920x1080) [1.2 GB] || mars_fleet_Mar2016_HD_1080p60.mp4 (1920x1080) [14.9 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_60p/version1/ (1920x1080) [256.0 KB] || mars_fleet_Jan2016_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [4.3 MB] || Mars_Fleet_SVS_4414_4k.mov (3840x2160) [4.6 GB] || mars_fleet_Mar2016_4k_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [48.6 MB] || mars_fleet_Mar2016_640x360.m4v (640x360) [6.7 MB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_60p/version1/ (3840x2160) [256.0 KB] ||
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Solar Wind Strips the Martian Atmosphere
Scientists have long suspected the solar wind of stripping the Martian upper atmosphere into space, turning Mars from a blue world to a red one. Now, NASA's MAVEN orbiter is observing this process in action, providing significant data on solar wind erosion at Mars.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || MarsAtmoLossExplainPreview.jpg (1920x1080) [993.6 KB] || NASA_TV_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss.mpeg (1280x720) [369.5 MB] || APPLE_TV_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [53.7 MB] || WEBM_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_APR.webm (960x540) [44.7 MB] || 4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [53.7 MB] || 4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_APR.mov (3840x2160) [5.9 GB] || YOUTUBE_HQ_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_youtube_hq.mov (3840x2160) [2.2 GB] || LARGE_MP4_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_large.mp4 (3840x2160) [111.3 MB] || 4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_APR_Output.en_US.srt [2.3 KB] || 4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_APR_Output.en_US.vtt [2.3 KB] ||
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Solar Wind and Mars Bow Shock
Simulation of the solar wind at Mars compared with MAVEN observations, showing the predicted bow shock. Available for download in up to 4k resolution. || final_shock01.2500_print.jpg (1024x576) [205.3 KB] || final_shock01.2500_searchweb.png (320x180) [100.4 KB] || final_shock01.2500_thm.png (80x40) [6.6 KB] || 4393_Mars_Solar_Wind_Bow_Shock_1920x1080.mov (1920x1080) [1.0 GB] || PRORES_B-ROLL_4393_Mars_Solar_Wind_Bow_Shock_1920x1080_prores.mov (1280x720) [537.1 MB] || NASA_TV_4393_Mars_Solar_Wind_Bow_Shock_1920x1080.mpeg (1280x720) [128.4 MB] || final_shock01_1920x1080_60fps.mp4 (1920x1080) [66.6 MB] || APPLE_TV_4393_Mars_Solar_Wind_Bow_Shock_1920x1080_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [19.0 MB] || WEBM_4393_Mars_Solar_Wind_Bow_Shock_1920x1080.webm (960x540) [15.1 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_60p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || final_shock01_4k_60fps.mp4 (3840x2160) [214.3 MB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_60p/ (3840x2160) [128.0 KB] ||
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MAVEN Results Live Shot Page
Interview with MAVEN Principal Investigator Dr. Bruce Jakosky || YOUTUBE_HQ_Bruce_Jakosky_MAVEN_LS_Canned_youtube_hq_print.jpg (1024x576) [109.3 KB] || YOUTUBE_HQ_Bruce_Jakosky_MAVEN_LS_Canned_youtube_hq_searchweb.png (320x180) [93.0 KB] || YOUTUBE_HQ_Bruce_Jakosky_MAVEN_LS_Canned_youtube_hq_thm.png (80x40) [6.5 KB] || YOUTUBE_HQ_Bruce_Jakosky_MAVEN_LS_Canned_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [649.6 MB] || Bruce_Jakosky_MAVEN_LS_Canned.mov (1280x720) [2.1 GB] || WEBM_Bruce_Jakosky_MAVEN_LS_Canned.webm (960x540) [89.8 MB] || Bruce_Jakosky_MAVEN_LS_Canned.en_US.srt [4.7 KB] || Bruce_Jakosky_MAVEN_LS_Canned.en_US.vtt [4.5 KB] ||
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Mapping Mars' Upper Atmosphere
Principal Investigator Bruce Jakosky talks about MAVEN’s science observations at Mars.Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel.For complete transcript, click here. || Bruce_Jakosky_G2015-007_thumbnail.png (1920x1080) [1.8 MB] || Bruce_Jakosky_G2015-007_thumbnail_print.jpg (1024x576) [100.6 KB] || Bruce_Jakosky_G2015-007_thumbnail_searchweb.png (320x180) [90.5 KB] || Bruce_Jakosky_G2015-007_thumbnail_thm.png (80x40) [7.2 KB] || G2015-007_MAVEN_Early_Sci_MASTER.mov (1920x1080) [6.5 GB] || G2015-007_MAVEN_Early_Sci_MASTER_H264.mov (1920x1080) [1.7 GB] || PRORES_B-ROLL_G2015-007_MAVEN_Early_Sci_MASTER_prores.mov (1280x720) [3.4 GB] || NASA_TV_G2015-007_MAVEN_Early_Sci_MASTER.mpeg (1280x720) [846.9 MB] || APPLE_TV_G2015-007_MAVEN_Early_Sci_MASTER_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [123.4 MB] || WEBM_G2015-007_MAVEN_Early_Sci_MASTER.webm (960x540) [101.9 MB] || APPLE_TV_G2015-007_MAVEN_Early_Sci_MASTER_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [123.5 MB] || G2015-007_MAVEN_Early_Sci_MASTER_Captions.en_US.srt [4.1 KB] || G2015-007_MAVEN_Early_Sci_MASTER_Captions.en_US.vtt [4.2 KB] || NASA_PODCAST_G2015-007_MAVEN_Early_Sci_MASTER_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [44.1 MB] ||
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MAVEN Stellar Occultation
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission (MAVEN) is the first spacecraft specifically designed to study the upper atmosphere of Mars. MAVEN's goal is to determine how Mars lost its thick early atmosphere, and with it, its once hospitable climate.While previous Mars orbiters have peered down at the planet's surface, MAVEN is spending part of its time gazing at the stars, observing the Martian atmosphere through a series of stellar occultations. As Mars rolls beneath MAVEN, due to the spacecraft's own orbital motion, background stars rise and set behind the planet. Their light dims as it passes through the tenuous atmosphere, with specific gases absorbing specific wavelengths. MAVEN uses its Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph to break apart this light and see which wavelengths are absorbed, allowing it to determine atmospheric composition at varying altitudes. ||
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MAVEN Stellar Occultation Atmospheric Coverage
Visualization depicting NASA's MAVEN satellite in an elliptical orbit around Mars. The horizon is scanned to determine atmospheric makeup. Blue sections of the atmosphere represent regions that have been scanned, and total coverage is achieved after roughly six orbits. This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || MAVEN_StellarOccultation9_60fps.0615_print.jpg (1024x576) [118.3 KB] || MAVEN_StellarOccultation9_60fps.0615_searchweb.png (320x180) [67.9 KB] || MAVEN_StellarOccultation9_60fps.0615_thm.png (80x40) [4.1 KB] || MavenMarsCoverage30fps.mov (1920x1080) [429.4 MB] || MavenMarsCoverage60fps.mov (1920x1080) [873.5 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_60p/MAVEN_StellarOccultation9_60fps/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || MAVEN_StellarOccultation_60fps_720p.mp4 (1280x720) [16.0 MB] || MAVEN_StellarOccultation_60fps_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [32.4 MB] || MAVEN_StellarOccultation_60fps_1080p.webm (1920x1080) [3.0 MB] ||
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MAVEN Deep Dip
MAVEN Deep Dip Animation || MavenDeepDip_00000_print.jpg (1024x576) [84.1 KB] || MavenDeepDip_00000_searchweb.png (320x180) [52.3 KB] || MavenDeepDip_00000_thm.png (80x40) [4.6 KB] || MavenDeepDip.webm (1920x1080) [3.5 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_60p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || MavenDeepDip.mp4 (1920x1080) [16.2 MB] || MavenDeepDipH264.mov (1920x1080) [76.0 MB] || MavenDeepDip.mov (1920x1080) [1.6 GB] ||
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Observing Comet Siding Spring at Mars
On October 19, 2014, Comet Siding Spring will make a remarkably close encounter with Mars, buzzing the Red Planet at just one third of the Earth-Moon distance. To witness this historic event, NASA has mobilized an entire fleet of rovers, orbiters, Earth observatories and space telescopes.For complete transcript, click here.Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel. || Comet_SS_from_Mars.png (1920x1080) [2.4 MB] || Comet_SS_from_Mars_thm.png (80x40) [7.3 KB] || Comet_SS_from_Mars_web.png (320x180) [70.0 KB] || Comet_SS_from_Mars_searchweb.png (320x180) [70.0 KB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_H264.mov (1920x1080) [2.4 GB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_appletv_subtitles.m4v (960x540) [75.9 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_appletv.webm (960x540) [20.4 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_appletv.m4v (960x540) [75.9 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_1280x720.wmv (1280x720) [87.6 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_prores.mov (1280x720) [2.5 GB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [230.1 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER.mov (1920x1080) [7.6 GB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [30.2 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_youtube_hq.en_US.srt [2.8 KB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_youtube_hq.en_US.vtt [2.9 KB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_nasaportal.mov (640x360) [74.4 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [16.3 MB] ||
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Comet Siding Spring and Mars
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft observes Comet Siding Spring during its encounter with Mars. || Comet_Passing_Mars_0072000702_print.jpg (1024x576) [65.5 KB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_00720_print.jpg (1024x576) [78.4 KB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_00720_searchweb.png (320x180) [56.8 KB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_00720_web.png (320x180) [56.8 KB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_00720_thm.png (80x40) [4.2 KB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_FINAL.mov (1920x1080) [1004.7 MB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_h264_FINAL.mov (1920x1080) [34.4 MB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [13.7 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_60p/CometPassing/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_1080.webm (960x540) [2.1 MB] ||
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Mars Fleet and Comet Siding Spring
This visualization shows NASA’s fleet of Mars orbiters, landers, and rovers during the planet’s close encounter with Comet Siding Spring. C/2013 A1, better known as Comet Siding Spring, will make a remarkably close pass of Mars on October 19, 2014. At closest approach, Comet Siding Spring will come within 82,000 miles of the Red Planet – just one-third of the distance from the Earth to the Moon. During the flyby, NASA will position its Mars fleet both to protect it from comet dust, and to make observations of the comet and its effects on the upper atmosphere of Mars. ||
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Comet Siding Spring wide shots
These visualizations show MAVEN and Comet Siding Spring making their way through the solar system to a close encounter near Mars. Two wide angle views are included. The first one maintains a fixed camera above the ecliptic plane of the solar system. The second one moves the camera in a bit closer and more parallel with the ecliptic plane as the comet and MAVEN encounter the Martian region. ||
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Voices of MAVEN
Members of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission (MAVEN) share their experiences of working on the project.For complete transcript, click here.Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel. || Voices_of_MAVEN_thumbnail.png (1280x720) [1.4 MB] || Voices_of_MAVEN_thumbnail_web.jpg (320x180) [30.0 KB] || Voices_of_MAVEN_thumbnail_searchweb.png (320x180) [120.2 KB] || Voices_of_MAVEN_thumbnail_thm.png (80x40) [8.6 KB] || G2013-054_MAVEN_Voice_MASTER_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [46.4 MB] || G2013-054_MAVEN_Voice_MASTER_prores.mov (1280x720) [3.3 GB] || G2013-054_MAVEN_Voice_MASTER_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [203.4 MB] || G2013-054_MAVEN_Voice_MASTER_1280x720.wmv (1280x720) [115.8 MB] || G2013-054_MAVEN_Voice_MASTER_appletv.m4v (960x540) [98.1 MB] || G2013-054_MAVEN_Voice_MASTER_appletv_subtitles.m4v (960x540) [98.0 MB] || G2013-054_MAVEN_Voice_MASTER_nasaportal.mov (640x360) [95.1 MB] || G2013-054_MAVEN_Voice_MASTER_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [38.7 MB] || G2013-054_MAVEN_Voice.en_US.srt [4.0 KB] || G2013-054_MAVEN_Voice.en_US.vtt [3.8 KB] || G2013-054_MAVEN_Voice_MASTER_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [20.8 MB] ||
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Mars Orbit Insertion Highlights
MAVEN MOI Broadcast Highlights ReelThis is a 10-minute highlights reel of the live NASA TV broadcast of MAVEN arriving at Mars. || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_screenshot.png (1401x786) [766.9 KB] || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_screenshot_print.jpg (1024x574) [69.7 KB] || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_screenshot_searchweb.png (320x180) [52.8 KB] || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_screenshot_web.png (320x179) [52.8 KB] || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_screenshot_thm.png (80x40) [6.9 KB] || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_Highlights_Reel_1280x720.wmv (1280x720) [351.1 MB] || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_Highlights_Reel_appletv.m4v (960x540) [292.1 MB] || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_Highlights_Reel_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [1.5 GB] || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_Highlights_Reel_prores.mov (1280x720) [10.3 GB] || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_Highlights_Reel_720x480.webmhd.webm (960x540) [148.2 MB] || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_Highlights_Reel_nasaportal.mov (640x360) [288.4 MB] || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_Highlights_Reel_720x480.wmv (720x480) [338.9 MB] || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_Highlights_Reel_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [115.1 MB] || MAVEN_MOI_Broadcast_Highlights_Reel_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [61.4 MB] ||
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MAVEN: Science Orbit
This visualization shows how the MAVEN spacecraft orbit changes as it progresses from the initial, highly elliptical entry orbit to a somewhat less elliptical orbit and finally to the science orbit. ||
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MAVEN Mars Orbital Insertion and Instrument Deploys
These animations depict MAVEN's arrival at Mars on September 21, 2014, and the ensuing science instrument deployments. The animations begin with MAVEN's orbital insertion engine burn near the Martian north pole. The deployments include MAVEN's LPW, SWEA and APP instruments. ||
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MAVEN: Insertion Orbit
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission (MAVEN) spacecraft was launched on a 10 month journey to Mars on November 18, 2013. MAVEN is expected to arrive in Mars orbit on Sept 21, 2014 EDT. MAVEN's mission is to investigate the upper atmosphere of Mars and its interactions with the Sun and solar wind. This will help scientists understand why Mars lost many volatile molecules form its atmosphere such as CO2, N2, and H2O.This visualization shows MAVEN's approach and orbit insertion around Mars. MAVEN's initial orbit is highly elliptical. The tail behind MAVEN changes to red to indicate the period during which thrusters are fired for orbit insertion. A separate visualization shows the transition from the insertion orbit to the more circular science orbit. ||
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MAVEN: Cruise Phase
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission (MAVEN) spacecraft was launched on a 10 month journey to Mars on November 18, 2013. MAVEN is expected to arrive in Mars orbit on Sept 21, 2014 EDT. MAVEN's mission is to investigate the upper atmosphere of Mars and its interactions with the Sun and solar wind. This will help scientists understand why Mars lost many volatile molecules form its atmosphere such as CO2, N2, and H2O.These visualizations show the path has taken from Earth to Mars. There is a wide view from above the ecliptic plane and a view that slowly tilts down to about 45 degrees above the ecliptic plane. ||
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Investigating the Martian Atmosphere
The Martian surface bears ample evidence of flowing water in its youth, from crater lakes and riverbeds to minerals that only form in water. But today Mars is cold and dry, and scientists think that the loss of Mars' water may have been caused by the loss of its early atmosphere. NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission, or MAVEN, will be the first spacecraft devoted to studying the Red Planet's upper atmosphere, in an effort to understand how the Martian climate has changed over time. ||
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Targeting Mars
If you want to send a spacecraft from Earth to Mars, how would you get it there? You can't aim straight at the Red Planet, because it's moving around the Sun significantly slower than the Earth. Instead, you'll have to wait for up to 26 months for a launch window, then carefully aim at a moving target. In November, 2013, the controllers of NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft did just that. When MAVEN arrives, it will be the first spacecraft to study Mars's upper atmosphere in detail, helping scientists understand how Mars changed from a wet planet early in its history to the cold, dry world we see today. ||
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Goddard Goes to Mars
The Martian climate remains one of the solar system's biggest mysteries: although cold and dry today, myriad surface features on Mars carved by flowing water attest to a much warmer, wetter past. What caused this dramatic transition? Scientists think that climate change on Mars may be due to solar wind erosion of the early atmosphere, and NASA's MAVEN mission will test this hypothesis. Project Manager David F. Mitchell discusses MAVEN and the Goddard Space Flight Center's role in sending it to the Red Planet. ||
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MAVEN Launch and Deployment Animations
This animation follows the MAVEN spacecraft through launch on an Atlas V rocket from KSC through it's solar panel deployments and ending with MAVEN begining it's journey to MARS. ||
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MAVEN Launch Highlights
MAVEN Launch Compilation with music || MAVEN_Launch_screenshot.png (1400x785) [1.2 MB] || MAVEN_Launch_screenshot_print.jpg (1024x574) [105.1 KB] || MAVEN_Launch_screenshot_searchweb.png (320x180) [89.9 KB] || MAVEN_Launch_screenshot_web.png (320x179) [89.6 KB] || MAVEN_Launch_screenshot_thm.png (80x40) [9.3 KB] || MAVEN_Launch_Compilation_appletv.m4v (960x540) [45.2 MB] || MAVEN_Launch_Compilation_1280x720.wmv (1280x720) [54.7 MB] || MAVEN_Launch_Compilation_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [174.8 MB] || MAVEN_Launch_Compilation_prores.mov (1280x720) [1.6 GB] || MAVEN_Launch_Compilation_720x480.webmhd.webm (960x540) [19.0 MB] || MAVEN_Launch_Compilation_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [17.9 MB] || MAVEN_Launch_Compilation_720x480.wmv (720x480) [47.8 MB] || MAVEN_Launch_Compilation_nasaportal.mov (640x360) [45.3 MB] || MAVEN_Launch_Compilation_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [9.5 MB] ||
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Mars MAVEN mission live shots Nov. 13, 2013
Broll and interview with Dr. Jim Garvin previewing the upcoming launch of NASA's newest mission to Mars, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evoution or MAVEN set to launch Monday, Nov. 18th. ||
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Interviews with MAVEN Principal Investigator and Project Manager
Principal Investigator Bruce Jakosky and Project Manager David F. Mitchell discuss NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission, or MAVEN, which will study the upper atmosphere of Mars. ||
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MAVEN National Air and Space Museum Presentation
Ancient riverbeds, crater lakes and flood channels all attest to Mars's warm, watery past. So how did the Red Planet evolve from a once hospitable world into the cold, dry desert that we see today? One possibility is that Mars lost its early atmosphere, allowing its water to escape into space, and NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft will investigate just that. On September 25, 2013, MAVEN Principal Investigator Bruce Jakosky delivered a presentation at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, discussing NASA's next mission to Mars. An edited version appears below. ||
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Mars Transition
Billions of years ago when the Red Planet was young, it appears to have had a thick atmosphere that was warm enough to support oceans of liquid water – a critical ingredient for life. The animation shows how the surface of Mars might have appeared during this ancient clement period, beginning with a flyover of a Martian lake. The artist's concept is based on evidence that Mars was once very different. Rapidly moving clouds suggest the passage of time, and the shift from a warm and wet to a cold and dry climate is shown as the animation progresses. The lakes dry up, while the atmosphere gradually transitions from Earthlike blue skies to the dusty pink and tan hues seen on Mars today. ||
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MAVEN: Mars Atmospheric Loss
When you take a look at Mars, you probably wouldn't think that it looks like a nice place to live. It's dry, it's dusty, and there's practically no atmosphere. But some scientists think that Mars may have once looked like a much nicer place to live, with a thicker atmosphere, cloudy skies, and possibly even liquid water flowing over the surface. So how did Mars transform from a warm, wet world to a cold, barren desert? NASA's MAVEN spacecraft will give us a clearer idea of how Mars lost its atmosphere (and thus its water), and scientists think that several processes have had an impact.Learn more about these processes in the videos below! ||
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Mars Climate Transition Animations: "Dry" Mars to and from "Wet" Mars
These animations show various conceptual animations depicting a transition from a "Wet" Mars that may have existed long ago to the "Dry" Mars we see today. ||
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MAVEN Statistics
This video shows some statistics of the MAVEN mission, and was prepared for the live broadcast of MAVEN entering Mars' orbit. || MAVEN_Statistics_youtube_hq00177_print.jpg (1024x576) [134.8 KB] || MAVEN_Statistics_youtube_hq_print.jpg (1024x576) [143.6 KB] || MAVEN_Statistics_youtube_hq_searchweb.png (320x180) [83.5 KB] || MAVEN_Statistics_youtube_hq_web.png (320x180) [83.5 KB] || MAVEN_Statistics_youtube_hq_thm.png (80x40) [4.9 KB] || MAVEN_Statistics_prores.mov (1280x720) [1.3 GB] || MAVEN_Statistics_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [40.7 MB] || MAVEN_Statistics_appletv.m4v (960x540) [40.4 MB] || MAVEN_Statistics_1280x720.wmv (1280x720) [41.8 MB] || MAVEN_Statistics_720x480.webmhd.webm (960x540) [14.0 MB] || MAVEN_Statistics_nasaportal.mov (640x360) [31.1 MB] || MAVEN_Statistics_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [17.0 MB] || MAVEN_Statistics_720x480.wmv (720x480) [30.7 MB] || MAVEN_Statistics_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [7.7 MB] ||
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MAVEN Broadcast-Quality Spacecraft and Instrument Footage
This page contains broadcast-quality footage of the MAVEN spacecraft and science instruments. The MAVEN bus was built at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Littleton, Colorado. MAVEN's science instruments were built at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the University of California, Berkeley; at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado, Boulder; and at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Launch operations were conducted at the Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral, Florida. MAVEN was launched on November 18, 2013 and arrived at Mars on September 21, 2014 EDT. ||
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MAVEN Particles & Fields Package
To planetary scientists, the Martian atmosphere presents an intriguing mystery: today it's a thin, cold wisp of carbon dioxide with just one percent the pressure of Earth's atmosphere, but long ago it was thick and warm enough to support lakes and rivers on the Martian surface. How did Mars lose so much of its early atmosphere? Scientists think that the solar wind may be responsible, and NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft is designed to find out. The instruments of MAVEN's Particles & Fields package will study the interaction of the solar wind with Mars's upper atmosphere, helping scientists to better understand how Mars became the freeze-dried planet that we see today. ||
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MAVEN Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer
While NASA rovers, landers, and orbiters have scrutinized the surface of Mars for decades, a key question to understanding the Red Planet's ancient habitability has hitherto gone unanswered: what happened to its atmosphere? NASA's MAVEN spacecraft will fill in this gap in the history of Mars, thanks in part to its Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer, or NGIMS instrument. By studying the interaction of neutral gases and ions with the solar wind, NGIMS will observe current atmospheric escape processes on Mars and allow scientists to extrapolate back to the ancient atmosphere. The results could tell scientists just how long Mars was warm, wet, and hospitable, refining our understanding of its early potential for life. ||
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MAVEN Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph
The philosophy of NASA's Mars Program has been "Follow the water," but "Where did the atmosphere go?" is still a lingering question. Although fluvial features such as dry riverbeds are visible on Mars, the atmosphere today is too thin to support liquid water, implying that Mars once had a thicker atmosphere that was lost to space. NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN Mission, or MAVEN, will test this hypothesis. As part of its remote sensing instrument package, MAVEN's Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) will look at isotopic hydrogen ratios in the upper atmosphere of Mars, helping scientists to determine just how much water once flowed across the Red Planet. ||
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MAVEN Magnetometer
When you navigate with a compass you can orient yourself thanks to Earth's global magnetic field. But on Mars, if you were to walk around with a compass it would haphazardly point from one anomaly to another, because the Red Planet does not possess a global magnetosphere. Scientists think that this lack of a protective magnetic field may have allowed the solar wind to strip away the Martian atmosphere over billions of years, and now NASA's MAVEN spacecraft will study this process in detail with its pair of ring core fluxgate magnetometers. ||
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MAVEN Profiles
Spanish-language profile videos of MAVEN project managers Sandra Cauffman and Carlos Gomez-Rosa. ||
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The How-To Guide to Satellites: Putting it Together
Building satellites isn't easy. They're complex, expensive, and not to mention hard to make! This is why whenever NASA makes a new satellite—like the MAVEN mission to Mars—its scientists and engineers do everything they can to make sure it's done right.Now, putting a satellite together is nothing like putting together, say, an office chair. A single bolt can take hours to install, and you can't even imagine how complex the electronics are! Find out more about the whole process in this video! ||
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The How-To Guide to Satellites: The Design Review
Building satellites isn't easy. They're complex, expensive, and not to mention hard to make! This is why whenever NASA makes a new satellite—like the MAVEN mission to Mars—its scientists and engineers do everything they can to make sure it's done right. One of the most important steps in this process is the design review, where everything is checked and double-checked to make sure the satellite is ready to build! ||
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MAVEN Orbit Animations and Beauty Passes
This collection contains animations showing the MAVEN spacecraft in orbit around Mars, as well as MAVEN's overall orbit trajectory. ||
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MAVEN General Teaser
The MAVEN spacecraft is an exciting new unmanned Mars mission designed specifically to study the upper atmosphere of Mars. By studying how Mars' atmosphere is lost to space today, MAVEN will allow us to answer some important questions about the history of the red planet. How did it lose its atmosphere and surface water? How did its climate change? With data from MAVEN, we'll be able to determine how Mars' climate has changed over time, and how Mars transformed from a planet that possibly had a thicker atmosphere and liquid water to the barren landscape we see today. ||
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MAVEN Science Teaser
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN), set to launch in 2013, will explore the planet's upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar wind. Scientists will use MAVEN data to determine the role that loss of volatile compounds from the Mars atmosphere to space has played through time, giving insight into the history of Mars atmosphere and climate, liquid water, and planetary habitability. ||