Sunday, November 24, 2013

NASA'S MAVEN Mission takes off for MARS

The US Space Agency, NASA has launched its newest Mars Probe towards the Red plant on Monday, 18th November, 2013.   The mission objective of MAVEN is to determine how the Martian atmosphere transformed the world into the desolate wasteland it is today.

A perfect launch on an Atlas V rocket has sent the MAVEN spacecraft on her way to Mars.  The robotic spacecraft called as "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Probe (MAVEN) was launched atop Atlas 5 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 01:28 PM EST (!8:28 GMT) beginning its 10 month journey to the Mars.

Read more about NASA's MAVEN Mission to Mars

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