NASA’s Maven In Home Stretch For Orbit Insertion

NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (Maven) spacecraft is on track to complete its 10-month journey to the red planet on Sept. 21, when it will enter an initial elliptical orbit to begin its planned one-year mission studying Mars’ climate. Built by Lockheed Martin based on its Mars...

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