Planets and Moons  ID: 11295

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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Credits

Chris Smith (HTSI): Lead Animator
Walt Feimer (HTSI): Animator
Michael Lentz (USRA): Animator
Ryan Zuber (UMBC): Animator
Michael Randazzo (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Video Editor
Dan Gallagher (USRA): Video Editor
Nick Schneider (LASP): Interviewee
Ian Stewart (LASP): Interviewee
Dan Gallagher (USRA): Producer
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Project Support
Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Videographer
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Mission:
MAVEN: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN

This item is part of these series:
Narrated Movies
MAVEN
MAVEN Instrument Profiles

Goddard TV Tape:
G2013-028 -- MAVEN IUVS profile

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Hydrogen
SVS >> Mars
SVS >> Water
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere
SVS >> MAVEN
SVS >> Planetary Science
SVS >> Solar System >> Planets >> Mars >> Atmosphere
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0