NASA's MAVEN Mission

@MAVEN2Mars

NASA mission to explore Mars' climate history through its upper atmosphere. Orbiting the red planet since Sept. 21, 2014 |

Mars' upper atmosphere
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  1. launched to two years ago today (Nov. 18, 2013) |

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  2. Muppet Lola and engineers encourage science education for Latin American girls |

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  3. deputy project manager, Sandra Cauffman, discusses importance of education w/Lola from |

  4. Congratulations to team member Yaxue Dong for this well-deserved recognition from her home country!

  5. ' Lost Atmosphere: PI Bruce Jakosky discusses recent results w/ |

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  6. PI Bruce Jakosky will present latest mission results at today at 2:20 pm ET.

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  7. PI Bruce Jakosky will present latest results at tomorrow (Wed.) at 2:20 pm ET.

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  8. is the focus of today's : Cover art story:

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  9. Find a great collection of (and many more) educational materials on |

  10. Did you miss today's announcement about the loss of ' atmosphere? The full briefing is now posted.

  11. More amazing images and videos can be found, here:

  12. Many of the wonderful data visualizations and art for today's announcement come from the team

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  13. For those asking: Solar wind is deflected past Earth by a global magnetic field. Mars no longer has such protection.

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  14. For more on today's results—a link to papers in GRL and |

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  15. One key finding revealed today is that the solar wind strips gas from at about 100 grams (~1/4 lb) per second.

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  16. It takes a village of robotic explorers to solve the mystery of ' evolution over time.

  17. Here's a nice, quick recap of today's briefing on the loss of ' atmosphere to space.

  18. Reveals Speed of Solar Wind Stripping Mars' Atmosphere VIDEO:

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  19. Tune in to hear from principal investigator and team members from and 's

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