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            "title": "Investigating the Martian Atmosphere",
            "description": "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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                "alt_text": "NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is the first mission devoted to studying the Mars upper atmosphere. Its findings will help scientists understand how Mars lost its early atmosphere, transforming it from a wet planet into the dry world we see today.For complete transcript, click here.Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel.",
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            "description": "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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