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CPT Rick Sample, a ground-launcher cruise missile maintenance officer, making phone contact, is setting up a schedule for the Air Force test and evaluation program for the ground-launched cruise missile's Weapon system

CPT Rick Sample, a ground-launcher cruise missile maintenance officer,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Buster Kellum Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

Air Force personnel schedule crews for aircraft flying support missions to Grenada during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY

Air Force personnel schedule crews for aircraft flying support mission...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Seawell International Airport Country: Bangladesh (BGD) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

An appointment clerk uses a computer to schedule patients at the US Air Force Regional Hospital

An appointment clerk uses a computer to schedule patients at the US Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don C. Sutherland Release Status... More

An Air Force staff sergeant and a Marine private look over a loading schedule during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise. Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

An Air Force staff sergeant and a Marine private look over a loading s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Released... More

Opening Ceremonies marks the beginning of a busy schedule of events for eight participating countries during the Partnership for Peace Exercise COOPERATIVE KEY '96. The activities will occupy Otopeni Air Base just north of Romania's capitol. The exercise involves Air Force training in operational and logistical interoperability procedures based on a humanitarian relief scenario. Participating NATO Air Forces from Greece, Italy, Turkey and the United States will join the nations of Slovakia, Muldavia, Czech Republic and the host nation Romania. Pictured here representatives holding their countries flags, from left to right, are: Turkey, Slovakia, Romania and Italy

Opening Ceremonies marks the beginning of a busy schedule of events fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE KEY '96 Base: Otopeni Air Base, Bucharest Country: Romania (ROM) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John E. Lasky, USAF ... More

US Air Force Major Marc Sukolski briefs a Greek Officer on the schedule of events during the Partnership for Peace Exercise COOPERATIVE KEY '96. The activities will occupy Otopeni Air Base just north of Romania's capitol. The excercise involves Air Force training in operational and logistical interoperability procedures based on a humanitarian relief scenario. Participating NATO Air Forces from Greece, Italy, Turkey and the United States will join thenations of Slovakia, Muldavia, Czech Republic and the host nation Romania

US Air Force Major Marc Sukolski briefs a Greek Officer on the schedul...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE KEY '96 Base: Otopeni Air Base, Bucharest Country: Romania (ROM) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John E. Lasky, USAF ... More

After miles of marching and carrying a 70 pound pack in the Texas heat, Airmen help each other finish the march at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. This 10-week Special Operations Course, which includes both pararescue and combat controller participants, started out with 76 students and only 11 survived the grueling schedule. This image is seen in the August 1998 edition of AIRMAN Magazine

After miles of marching and carrying a 70 pound pack in the Texas heat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Release... More

Bosnian civilians employed by a US military contractor work to finish building the projection booth in the Eagle Sports Complex (ESC). The Army/Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is transforming the ESC into a 550-seat movie theater. With more than fifteen newly released movies on the schedule, the US soldiers here in Bosnia in support of Operation JOINT FORGE will be that much closer to home during the holidays

Bosnian civilians employed by a US military contractor work to finish ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Eagle Base State: Tuzla Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: Sergeant Andrew Loc... More

Bosnian civillians employed by a US military contractor work to finish building the projection booth in the Eagle Sports Complex (ESC). The Army/Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is transforming the ESC into a 550 seat movie theater. With more than fifteen newly released movies on the schedule, the US soldiers here in Bosnia during Operation JOINT FORGE will be that much closer to home during the holidays

Bosnian civillians employed by a US military contractor work to finish...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Eagle Base State: Tuzla Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: Sergeant Andrew Loc... More

(l to r) US Air Force First Lieutenant Brian Jones, US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Steven Guinter, and US Air Force First Lieutenant Lisa Livingood discuss the days flight plan and schedule. 1LT Jones, LTC Guinter and 1LT Livingood are with the 193rd Special Operations Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, in support of Operation FOAL EAGLE 2000

(l to r) US Air Force First Lieutenant Brian Jones, US Air Force Lieut...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT David Hawkins, USAF R... More

MASTER Sergeant Matt Fortier, USAF, 55th Transportation Squadron, goes over the schedule of events for Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) at the Deployment Control Center at Offutt Air Force Base. The base is training in preparation for an upcoming Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

MASTER Sergeant Matt Fortier, USAF, 55th Transportation Squadron, goes...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SRA Wal... More

KTUU Photojournalist Tom Cole (left) and In-flight Air Refueling SPECIALIST SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jeremy Vancil await the arrival of an aircraft to begin refueling from the KC-135R Stratotanker. SRA Vancil is a traditional guardsman with the 168th Air Refueling Squadron and activated to provide additional skilled manpower due to the increased activity for Operation NOBLE EAGLE. SRA Vancil is a junior at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks where his professors are accommodating his schedule so that he can continue with his education while meeting the needs of the country. The media flight initiated by the 168th to maintain its ties with the local community and informing Alaskans on the ...

KTUU Photojournalist Tom Cole (left) and In-flight Air Refueling SPECI...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: KTUU Photojournalist Tom Cole (left) and In-flight Air Refueling Specialist Senior Airman (SRA) Jeremy Vancil await the arrival... More

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) George Duda, Commander, 354th Operations Support Squadron (OSS), coordinates the day's flight schedule inside the control tower at Eielson Air Force (AFB), Alaska (AK), during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2002

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) George Duda, Commander, 354th Operat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2002 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) April Lawrence (background), News Department, Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NOCIC), and US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mike Burnette, NOCIC, Armed Forces Network (AFN) Radio, both assigned at Kaiserslautern, Germany, conduct a live broadcast for Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) members on the new Z 100.2 radio program. The AFN Kaiserslautern branch made new programming changes to better serve the KMC, by going to a 12-hour a day live, local broadcasting schedule

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) April Lawrence (background),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kaiserslautern Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mike Burnette, Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NOCIC), Armed Forces Network (AFN) Radio, Kaiserslautern, Germany, selects pre-recorded music to be broadcast for Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) members on the new Z 100.2 radio program. The AFN Kaiserslautern branch made new programming changes to better serve the KMC, by going to a 12-hour a day live, local broadcasting schedule

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mike Burnette, Non-Commi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kaiserslautern Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mike Burnette (left), Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NOCIC), Armed Forces Network (AFN) Radio, and USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) April Lawrence, News Department, NOCIC, both assigned at Kaiserslautern, Germany, conduct a live broadcast for Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) members on the new Z 100.2 radio program. The AFN Kaiserslautern branch made new programming changes to better serve the KMC, by going to a 12-hour a day live, local broadcasting schedule

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mike Burnette (left), No...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kaiserslautern Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Mr. Jerry Cormier (left), Broadcast Director and US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) April Lawrence, News Department Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NOCIC), both assigned to the Armed Forces Network (AFN), Kaiserslautern, Germany, discuss programming changes to be implemented for the new Z 100.2 radio program. The AFN Kaiserslautern branch made new programming changes to better serve the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC), by going to a 12-hour a day live, local broadcasting schedule

Mr. Jerry Cormier (left), Broadcast Director and US Air Force (USAF) S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kaiserslautern Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Eric Dick, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS), annotates fuel truck maintenance discrepancies at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom. The discrepancies are then reported to the Transportation Refueling Maintenance shop to schedule repairs

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Eric Dick, 100th Logistics R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael D. Morford, USAF Rele... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN (AMN) Cassandra Stanton, a squadron aviation resource manager for the 510th Fighter Squadron (FS), types in the morning flight schedule during an Air Warrior training exercise. The Air Warrior and Red Flag training exercises are held at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN (AMN) Cassandra Stanton, a squadron aviatio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Lak... More

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant General (LGEN) Daniel James III, Director, Air National Guard (ANG), takes a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Carole Allan, Executive Officer, 180th Fighter Wing (FW), and LTC Maryanne Jankowski, Recruiter, 180th FW, as he arrives at the Toledo Express Airport, located in Swanton, Ohio (OH)

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant General (LGEN) Daniel James III, Direct...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Swanton State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Elizabeth Slater, USAF Release Status: Released to P... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Stacy Pearsall, Combat Camera Photographer, takes time out of her busy schedule volunteering to cut women's hair at Baghdad International Airport (IAP), Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Stacy Pearsall, Combat Camer...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lisa M. Zunzanyika, USAF Release St... More

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Ned Schoeck (right), Vice Wing Commander, 509th Bomb Wing (BW), and USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Norman Adams, Director of STAFF, review the upcoming Nuclear Surety Inspection (NSI) schedule at Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO)

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Ned Schoeck (right), Vice Wing Comma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: AMN R... More

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Drew Avery, an F15-E Strike Eagle Weapons Systems Operator (WSO), with the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, England (ENG), updates a flight schedule board

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Drew Avery, an F15-E Strike...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: AMN Christopher... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert Emmett, Weapons Systems Coordinator, 100th Maintenance Operations Squadron (MXOS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, England (ENG), uses a laptop computer to plot the location, status, configuration, maintenance completion dates, and flying schedule for each 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, while the 100th ARW is temporarily based at RAF Fairford, ENG, during a temporary change of station because the runway at RAF Mildenhall is closed for a six-month reconstruction program

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert Emmett, Weapons Syste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeanette Copeland, USAF Release Status: Release... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN (AMN) Lavelle McElveen, with the 355th Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS), Logistics Planner, monitors the deployment schedule of events in the Deployment Control Center (DCC) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN (AMN) Lavelle McElveen, with the 355th Logi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: S... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Jacki Lohmann, an Aviation Resource Manager assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, posts the flying schedule on the crew board, while deployed with the 3rd Air Expeditionary Group at Kwang-Ju Air Base, Republic of Korea on Sept. 9, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH SGT. Corey A Clements) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Jacki Lohmann, an Aviation Resource Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kwang-Ju Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Corey A. Clements, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Craig Lucey (right) goes over the daily flying schedule with AIRMAN 1ST Class Jacki Lohmann, an Aviation Resource Manager, on Sept. 9, 2004. Both Lucey and Lohmann are assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, but are deployed with the 3rd Air Expeditionary Group at Kwang-Ju Air Base, Republic of Korea. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH SGT. Corey A Clements) (Released)

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Craig Lucey (right) goes over the daily flying sc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kwang-Ju Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Corey A. Clements, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Andy Leake, US Special Operations Command's (USSOCOM) parachute demonstration team, a.k.a. the Black Daggers, glides over the crowd with the American Flag during opening ceremonies at the Thunder Over the Red River Air Show at Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND). The Thunder Over the Red River Air Show is the 26th air show on this years schedule opening Grand Forks Air Force Base to 87,000 spectators from the surrounding community. The event highlighted multiple static displays as well as feature demonstrations from the US Air Force (USAF) Thunderbirds and the USA Black Dagger parachute demonstration teams

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Andy Leake, US Special Operat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Chad M. Kellum, USAF Rele... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Right on schedule, six solid rocket boosters fall away from the Delta II rocket carrying NASA's THEMIS spacecraft to orbit. The first six boosters were jettisoned after 66 seconds of flight. The rocket has a total of nine boosters. Launch was at 6:01 p.m. EST from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. THEMIS, an acronym for Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms, consists of five identical probes that will track violent, colorful eruptions near the North Pole. This will be the largest number of scientific satellites NASA has ever launched into orbit aboard a single rocket. The THEMIS mission aims to unravel the mystery behind auroral substorms, an avalanche of magnetic energy powered by the solar wind that intensifies the northern and southern lights. The mission will investigate what causes auroras in the Earth’s atmosphere to dramatically change from slowly shimmering waves of light to wildly shifting streaks of bright color. Photo credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley KSC-07pd0444

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Right on schedule, six solid rocket boos...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Right on schedule, six solid rocket boosters fall away from the Delta II rocket carrying NASA's THEMIS spacecraft to orbit. The first six boosters were jettisoned after 66 seconds... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Flight simulation No. 3 is on the schedule for the Pegasus XL launch vehicle, seen here in Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, is being prepared for integrated testing and a flight simulation. The AIM spacecraft will fly three instruments designed to study polar mesospheric clouds located at the edge of space, 50 miles above the Earth's surface in the coldest part of the planet's atmosphere. The mission's primary goal is to explain why these clouds form and what has caused them to become brighter and more numerous and appear at lower latitudes in recent years. AIM's results will provide the basis for the study of long-term variability in the mesospheric climate and its relationship to global climate change. AIM is scheduled to be mated to its launch vehicle, Orbital Sciences' Pegasus XL, during the second week of April, after which final inspections will be conducted. Launch is scheduled for April 25. KSC-07pd0775

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Flight simulation No. 3 is on the sche...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Flight simulation No. 3 is on the schedule for the Pegasus XL launch vehicle, seen here in Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. AIM, which stands for ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, preparations to launch the United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 launch vehicle carrying NASA's Juno spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 41 are proceeding on schedule. Liftoff is planned during a launch window which extends from 11:34 a.m. to 12:43 p.m. EDT on Aug. 5. The solar-powered spacecraft will orbit Jupiter's poles 33 times to find out more about the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere and investigate the existence of a solid planetary core. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The Juno mission is part of the New Frontiers Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. Launch management for the mission is the responsibility of NASA's Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/juno. Photo credit: Courtesy of Scott Andrews KSC-2011-6239

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, preparations to launch the United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 launch vehicle carrying NASA's Juno spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 41 ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The moon comes into view over Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as final preparations to launch the United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 launch vehicle carrying NASA's Juno spacecraft are completed on schedule. Liftoff is planned during a launch window which extends from 11:34 a.m. to 12:43 p.m. EDT on Aug. 5. The solar-powered spacecraft will orbit Jupiter's poles 33 times to find out more about the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere and investigate the existence of a solid planetary core. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The Juno mission is part of the New Frontiers Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. Launch management for the mission is the responsibility of NASA's Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/juno. Photo credit: Courtesy of Scott Andrews KSC-2011-6241

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The moon comes into view over Space Launch Com...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The moon comes into view over Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as final preparations to launch the United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 launch vehicle... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- As night falls at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the lights on Space Launch Complex 41 reveal preparations to launch the United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 launch vehicle carrying NASA's Juno spacecraft are proceeding on schedule. Liftoff is planned during a launch window which extends from 11:34 a.m. to 12:43 p.m. EDT on Aug. 5. The solar-powered spacecraft will orbit Jupiter's poles 33 times to find out more about the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere and investigate the existence of a solid planetary core. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The Juno mission is part of the New Frontiers Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. Launch management for the mission is the responsibility of NASA's Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/juno. Photo credit: Courtesy of Scott Andrews KSC-2011-6240

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- As night falls at Cape Canaveral Air Force Sta...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- As night falls at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the lights on Space Launch Complex 41 reveal preparations to launch the United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 launch vehicle c... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft is reflected in the water beside the roadway as it rolls from the Vertical Integration Facility to Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Rollout began on schedule with first motion at 9:57 a.m. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-3959

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft is reflected in the water beside the roadway as it rolls from the V... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft towers above the transporter moving it from the Vertical Integration Facility to the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Rollout began on schedule with first motion at 9:57 a.m. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-3963

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft towers above the transporter moving it from the Vertical Integratio... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft is transported along the roadway from the Vertical Integration Facility to the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Rollout began on schedule with first motion at 9:57 a.m. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-3962

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft is transported along the roadway from the Vertical Integration Faci... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, work to secure the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft is underway at Space Launch Complex 41. The 20-minute journey from the Vertical Integration Facility began on schedule with first motion at 9:57 a.m. EST. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-3968

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, work to secure the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft is u... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft arrives at the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida after a 20-minute journey from the Vertical Integration Facility. Rollout began on schedule with first motion at 9:57 a.m. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-3964

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft arrives at the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft moves along the roadway from the Vertical Integration Facility to the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Rollout began on schedule with first motion at 9:57 a.m. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-3961

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft moves along the roadway from the Vertical Integration Facility to t... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft is secured on the pad at 10:35 a.m. EST at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The 20-minute journey from the Vertical Integration Facility began on schedule with first motion at 9:57 a.m. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-3969

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft is secured on the pad at 10:35 a.m. EST at Space Launch Complex 41 ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft moves between the lightning masts at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida following a 20-minute journey from the Vertical Integration Facility. Rollout began on schedule with first motion at 9:57 a.m. EST. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-3965

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft moves between the lightning masts at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cap... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft arrives at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The 20-minute journey from the Vertical Integration Facility began on schedule with first motion at 9:57 a.m. EST. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-3967

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft arrives at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Stat... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft moves into position behind the flame exhaust duct at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida following a 20-minute journey from the Vertical Integration Facility. Rollout began on schedule with first motion at 9:57 a.m. EST. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-3966

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft moves into position behind the flame exhaust duct at Space Launch C... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft begins its move from the Vertical Integration Facility to Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Rollout began on schedule with first motion at 9:57 a.m. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-3958

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft begins its move from the Vertical Integration Facility to Space Lau... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rolls out of the Vertical Integration Facility on its way to Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Rollout began on schedule with first motion at 9:57 a.m. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. EST. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-3960

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rolls out of the Vertical Integration Facility on its way to Space ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Invited guests watch the launch of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft from the NASA Causeway between NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2013-4058

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Invited guests watch the launch of NASA’s Mars...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Invited guests watch the launch of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft from the NASA Causeway between NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air F... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rises off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4097

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rises off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/George Roberts KSC-2013-4040

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4067

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch All...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canave... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off into the clouds over Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Rusty Backer KSC-20130-4054

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off into the clouds over Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatil... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft begins its journey to Mars, launching atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 1:28 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/George Roberts KSC-2013-4044

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN,...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft begins its journey to Mars, launching atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 1:28 p.m. EST from Space Launch ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft soars off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4085

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft soars off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4100

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2013-4029

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch All...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canave... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off through the clouds over Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2013-4035

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off through the clouds over Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Vola... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of the Launch Services Program team monitor systems on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Launch Vehicle Data Center in Hangar AE on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as the countdown progresses smoothly to launch. Liftoff of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft aboard the Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41 was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson KSC-2013-4169

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of the Launch Services Program team mo...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of the Launch Services Program team monitor systems on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Launch Vehicle Data Center in Hangar AE on Cape Canaveral Air Force Stat... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft begins its 10-month journey to Mars, launching atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 1:28 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Carl Winebarger KSC-2013-4056

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN,...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft begins its 10-month journey to Mars, launching atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 1:28 p.m. EST from Spac... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket delivering NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 41, on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, to orbit. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4082

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch All...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket delivering NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 41, on Cape Ca... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rises off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4098

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rises off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4099

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Launch day finds members of the Launch Services Program team monitoring systems on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Mission Director's Center in Hangar AE on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Liftoff of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft aboard the Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41 was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson KSC-2013-4166

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Launch day finds members of the Launch Service...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Launch day finds members of the Launch Services Program team monitoring systems on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Mission Director's Center in Hangar AE on Cape Canav... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rises off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4078

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rises off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4095

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch All...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canave... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of the Launch Services Program team monitor systems on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Launch Vehicle Data Center in Hangar AE on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as the countdown progresses smoothly to launch. Liftoff of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft aboard the Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41 was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson KSC-2013-4168

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of the Launch Services Program team mo...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of the Launch Services Program team monitor systems on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Launch Vehicle Data Center in Hangar AE on Cape Canaveral Air Force Stat... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2013-4059

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch All...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canave... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off into the clouds over Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Rusty Backer KSC-2013-4053

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off into the clouds over Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatil... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rises off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4077

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rises off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4066

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch All...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canave... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2013-4030

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch All...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canave... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off through the clouds over Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/George Roberts KSC-2013-4046

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off through the clouds over Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Vola... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The exhaust plume builds at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as the engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft to orbit. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4088

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The exhaust plume builds at Space Launch Compl...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The exhaust plume builds at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as the engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's M... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rises off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4089

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rises off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4093

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch All...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canave... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off past the lightning masts on Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Rusty Backer KSC-2013-4051

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off past the lightning masts on Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An exhaust plume forms at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as the engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft into orbit. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4072

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An exhaust plume forms at Space Launch Complex...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An exhaust plume forms at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as the engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mar... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft soars off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4071

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket car...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft soars off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stat... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of the Launch Services Program team monitor systems on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Launch Vehicle Data Center in Hangar AE on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as the countdown progresses smoothly to launch. Liftoff of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft aboard the Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41 was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson KSC-2013-4170

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of the Launch Services Program team mo...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of the Launch Services Program team monitor systems on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Launch Vehicle Data Center in Hangar AE on Cape Canaveral Air Force Stat... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off through the clouds over Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Rusty Backer KSC-2013-4052

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off through the clouds over Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Vola... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft begins its 10-month journey to Mars, launching atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 1:28 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Bill White KSC-2013-4038

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN,...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft begins its 10-month journey to Mars, launching atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 1:28 p.m. EST from Spac... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rises off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4079

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft rises off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft soars off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4102

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft soars off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket roars off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft to orbit. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4069

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket roar...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket roars off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAV... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft begins its 10-month journey to Mars, launching atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 1:28 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Carl Winebarger KSC-2013-4055

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN,...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft begins its 10-month journey to Mars, launching atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 1:28 p.m. EST from Spac... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Invited guests watch the launch of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft from the NASA Causeway between NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2013-4057

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Invited guests watch the launch of NASA’s Mars...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Invited guests watch the launch of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft from the NASA Causeway between NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air F... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The exhaust plume builds at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as the engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft into orbit. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4075

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The exhaust plume builds at Space Launch Compl...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The exhaust plume builds at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as the engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's M... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The exhaust plume builds at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as the engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft into orbit. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4076

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The exhaust plume builds at Space Launch Compl...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The exhaust plume builds at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as the engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's M... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The exhaust plume builds at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as the engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft to orbit. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4087

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The exhaust plume builds at Space Launch Compl...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The exhaust plume builds at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as the engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's M... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/George Roberts KSC-2013-4041

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch All...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canave... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Rusty Backer KSC-2013-4050

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Gianni Woods KSC-2013-4027

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Bill White KSC-2013-4036

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch All...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canave... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2013-4031

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch All...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canave... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4083

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Rusty Backer KSC-2013-4049

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/George Roberts KSC-2013-4039

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/George Roberts KSC-2013-4043

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch All...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canave... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Rusty Backer KSC-2013-4047

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2013-4094

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch All...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The engine ignites under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, lifting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canave... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft begins its 10-month journey to Mars, launching atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 1:28 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch was on schedule Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2013-4032

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN,...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft begins its 10-month journey to Mars, launching atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 1:28 p.m. EST from Spac... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Launch was on schedule at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 at the opening of a two-hour launch window. After a 10-month journey to the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail from orbit above the planet. Built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., MAVEN will arrive at Mars in September 2014 and will be inserted into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 3,900 miles, swooping down to as close as 93 miles above the planet's surface. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Rusty Backer KSC-2013-4048

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN... More

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