December 2014
MAVEN and the evolution of Mars
... time of a planet’s atmosphere and water. MAVEN’s quest The MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission was ... thought to be the smoking gun of escape processes. MAVEN will carry out the required measurements from an elliptical orbit...
June 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
... the scientists behind NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN Mission (MAVEN) mission, due to arrive in Mars orbit around the same time. Whereas MAVEN will study Mars' upper atmosphere, MOM carries different instruments, include...
01 December 2014
MAVEN studies Martian atmosphere
Swinging into Mars orbit on 22 September 2014, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission commenced its study of the Martian atmosphere. It is seeking answers as to why Mars has lost its atmosphere ...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
...and the price of NASA’s most recent mission to Mars, MAVEN, of $671 million. What intrigued the international scientific communities, ...join forces to analyse data generated by both MOM and MAVEN missions. This will be mainly in the area of atmospheric...
