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Mars bound MAVEN Orbiter “GO” for Astrobiology Expedition Launch on Nov. 18
NASA’s Mars bound MAVEN spacecraft atop Atlas V booster rolls out to Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Nov. 16, 2013. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
NASA’s Mars bound MAVEN spacecraft was rolled out to the seaside launch pad on Saturday Nov. 19 on Florida’s space coast on an expedition to study the Red Planet’s atmosphere and its potential for astrobiology.
All systems are “GO” for MAVEN and the powerful Atlas booster that will set the probe streaking on a ten month interplanetary journey to the Red Planet.(…)
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