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PRESS RELEASE: NASA Goddard Delivers MAVEN Magnetometers
Magnetometers built by scientists and engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. for NASA’s Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission have been delivered to the University of California at Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory for integration into the Particles and Field Package.
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MAVEN in Spanish—New video feature available
A newly released NASA video features MAVEN Deputy Project Manager Sandra Cauffman speaking in Spanish about her work on the mission. Released today with English subtitles, the video highlights Cauffman’s career at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and details her integral role in coordinating the MAVEN budget and schedule. The video is the first [...]
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PHOTO RELEASE: NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft and Propellant Tank at Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin has installed the propellant tank on NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft, which it is building at its Space Systems Company facilities near Denver. In addition to the large tank, many of the primary propulsion components including all 20 of the spacecraft’s thrusters have been installed. Mission Information The goal of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile [...]
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A stressful test
Guy Beutelschies, MAVEN Flight Systems Manager at Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado, reflects on the “stresses” involved in watching the MAVEN spacecraft structure undergo its static loads testing and why it reminded him of his high school physics class.
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MAVEN team members bring mission science to rural West Virginia students
In September, MAVEN Principal Investigator, Bruce Jakosky, and MAVEN Deputy Project Manager for Resources, Susan Sparacino, visited Crum Middle School and Tolsia High School in West Virginia. The visit represents one avenue in which the MAVEN team is bringing the science of the mission directly to a variety of public audiences.
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