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News and Features
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Send Names and Messages to Mars
NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere.
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Final MAVEN Instrument Integrated to Spacecraft
An instrument that will measure the composition of Mars' upper atmosphere has been integrated to NASA's MAVEN spacecraft.
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Measuring Mars: The MAVEN Magnetometer
The Goddard-built MAVEN magnetometer will be a sensitive tool investigating what remains of the Red Planet’s magnetic "shield" and interactions with solar wind.
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Particles and Fields Package Integrated on MAVEN Spacecraft
The six science instruments of MAVEN's Particles and Fields Package that will characterize the solar wind and ionosphere of Mars have been integrated with the spacecraft.
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MAVEN Begins Environmental Testing
MAVEN is assembled and is undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities, near Denver.
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Instrument Delivered for NASA's Upcoming Mars Mission
A remote sensing instrument that will peer into the ultraviolet to offer clues to how Mars might have lost its atmosphere arrived at Lockheed Martin for integration into NASA's MAVEN spacecraft.
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Next Mars Mission Enters Final Phase Before Launch
NASA's Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN mission is officially authorized to transition into the next phase of the mission, system delivery, integration and test, and launch.
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Goddard Delivers Magnetometers for Next Mission to Mars
The pair of flux gate magnetometers measures the magnetic field at the location of the spacecraft. This instrument will help understand how the solar wind interacts with the planet’s atmosphere.
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MAVEN's Propellant Tank Integrated
MAVEN's large hydrazine propellant tank has been installed in the core structure of the spacecraft.
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New NASA Missions to Investigate How Mars Turned Hostile
Two new NASA missions, one that will roam the surface and another that will orbit the planet and dip briefly into its upper atmosphere, will try to discover what transformed Mars into its current uninhabitable state.