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NASA MAVEN Farewell Media Teleconference

Online Atlas V 401 | MAVEN

The first mission devoted to observing the Martian atmosphere and its evolution, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution), has ended after more than 11 years in orbit at Mars and a decade beyond its primary, one-year mission. The spacecraft was heard last on Dec. 6, when it experienced an unexpected loss of signal after it passed behind the Red Planet.

NASA will host a media teleconference to discuss MAVEN’s achievements. Participants in the teleconference include:
- Tiffany Morgan, director, Mars Exploration Program, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters
- Mike Moreau, project manager, MAVEN, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Greg Heckler, deputy program manager for Capability Development, SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation), NASA Headquarters
- Shannon Curry, MAVEN principal investigator, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder

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Atlas V 401 | MAVEN

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 18, 2013, 6:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
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