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Videos

On this page, you will find a collection of MAVEN videos. Click on the thumbnail image to watch each video on the MAVEN YouTube channel.

If you would prefer to download a copy of available videos (in a variety of formats), many are available from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio MAVEN gallery or the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mars Exploration Program Video Archive.

MAVEN Science Animations

Martian Atmosphere Loss Explained (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

Martian Atmosphere Loss Explained (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
MAVEN: Exploring Mars' Climate History (Courtesy Lunary and Planetary Institute/MAVEN)

MAVEN: Exploring Mars’ Climate History (Courtesy Lunary and Planetary Institute/MAVEN)
Solar Wind Strips Martian Atmosphere (Courtesy NASA/GSFC, CU-Boulder/LASP, and University of Iowa)

Solar Wind Strips Martian Atmosphere (Courtesy NASA/GSFC, CU-Boulder/LASP, and University of Iowa)
Mapping Mars' Upper Atmosphere (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

Mapping Mars’ Upper Atmosphere (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
Investigating the Martian Atmosphere (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

Investigating the Martian Atmosphere (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
Targeting Mars (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

Targeting Mars (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
Curiosity and MAVEN Explore Mars (Courtesy NASA/GSFC/JPL)

Curiosity and MAVEN Explore Mars (Courtesy NASA/GSFC/JPL)
Mars Evolution (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

Mars Evolution
(Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
Mars Atmospheric Loss: Neutral Processes (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

Mars Atmospheric Loss: Neutral Processes (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
Mars Atmospheric Loss: Plasma Processes (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

Mars Atmospheric Loss: Plasma Processes (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
Mars Atmospheric Loss: Sputtering (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

Mars Atmospheric Loss: Sputtering
(Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

MAVEN teaser: Questions for the MAVEN Mission to Mars (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
So, You Want to Build a Satellite Video link

So, You Want to Build a Satellite (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
So you want to build a satellite: Part Two

So, You Want to Build a Satellite: Part Two (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

Solving the Mystery of the Ancient Mars Atmosphere (Courtesy NASA)

MAVEN: Exploring the Upper Atmosphere of Mars (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

Instrument features

First Light for MAVEN (Courtesy NASA)

First Light for MAVEN (Courtesy NASA)

Measuring Mars: The MAVEN Magnetometer (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
MAVEN's Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (Courtesy GSFC)

MAVEN’s Imaging UV Spectrograph
(Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
Searching for Mars' Missing Atmosphere (Courtesy GSFC)

Searching for Mars’ Missing Atmosphere (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
Studying the Solar Wind at Mars (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

Studying the Solar Wind at Mars
(Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
Goddard Goes to Mars (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

NASA Goddard Goes to Mars
(Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

Launch

MAVEN Rolls to the Launch Pad (Courtesy NASA/KSC)

MAVEN Rolls to the Launch Pad
(Courtesy NASA/KSC)
MAVEN Pre-launch Science Briefing (Courtesy NASA)

MAVEN Pre-launch Science Briefing
(Courtesy NASA)
MAVEN Launches Atop an Atlas V-401 (Courtesy NASA)

MAVEN launches atop an Atlas V-401
(Courtesy NASA)
MAVEN Separates from Centaur (Courtesy NASA)

MAVEN Separates from Centaur
(Courtesy NASA)
MAVEN Launch Highlights (Courtesy ULA)

MAVEN Launch Highlights
(Courtesy ULA)
MAVEN launch from multiple angles (Courtesy NASA)

MAVEN launch from multiple angles
(Courtesy NASA)
Complete NASA TV MAVEN launch coverage (Courtesy NASA)

Complete NASA TV MAVEN launch coverage
(Courtesy NASA)

Arrival and Processing at Kennedy Space Center

Ship to Cape Canaveral (Courtesy Lockheed Martin)

Ship to Cape Canaveral (Courtesy Lockheed Martin)
MAVEN Prepared for Trip to Mars (Courtesy NASA/KSC)

MAVEN Prepared for Trip to Mars
(Courtesy NASA/KSC)
MAVEN to Explore Upper Atmosphere of Mars (Courtesy NASA/KSC)

MAVEN to Explore Upper Atmosphere of Mars (Courtesy NASA/KSC)
MAVEN Processing in Minutes (Courtesy NASA/KSC)

MAVEN Processing in Minutes
(Courtesy NASA/KSC)
MAVEN's Journey to Mars (Courtesy NASA/ULA/LASP)

MAVEN’s Journey to Mars (Courtesy NASA/ULA/LASP)

Assembly, Test and Launch Operations (ATLO) at Lockheed Martin

(Courtesy Lockheed Martin)

Magnetic Swing Test (Courtesy Lockheed Martin)
Solar Panel Deployment (Courtesy Lockheed Martin)

Solar Panel Deployment (Courtesy Lockheed Martin)
Spin Balance Test (Courtesy Lockheed Martin)

Spin Balance Test (Courtesy Lockheed Martin)
Moving MAVEN into TVAC (Courtesy Lockheed Martin)

Moving MAVEN into TVAC (Courtesy Lockheed Martin)
(Courtesy Lockheed Martin)

Acoustics Test
(Courtesy Lockheed Martin)
(Courtesy Lockheed Martin)

MAVEN in ATLO (Courtesy Lockheed Martin)

Press Briefings, Interviews, and Presentations

NASA Science Update|Measuring Mars' Atmospheric Loss (Courtesy NASA)

NASA Science Update: Measuring Mars’ Atmospheric Loss (Courtesy NASA)
Early results from MAVEN (Courtesy LASP)

Early results from MAVEN (Courtesy LASP)
Voices of MAVEN (Courtesy NASA Goddard)

Voices of MAVEN (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
MAVEN Arrives at Mars (Courtesy NASA)

MAVEN Arrives at Mars (Courtesy NASA)
Post-Mars Orbit Insertion briefing (Courtesy NASA)

Post-Mars Orbit Insertion briefing (Courtesy NASA)
MAVEN News Briefing-10/28/13 (Courtesy NASA)

MAVEN News Briefing 10/28/13 (Courtesy NASA)
MAVEN mission explained (Courtesy CU-Boulder)

MAVEN mission explained
(Courtesy CU-Boulder)
NASA's Next Mission to Mars (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

NASA’s Next Mission to Mars (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)
LeVar Burton shares MAVEN's story (Courtesy NASA)

LeVar Burton shares MAVEN’s story
(Courtesy NASA)
Scientists in Action: Bruce Jakosky (Courtesy DMNS)

Scientists in Action: Bruce Jakosky (Courtesy DMNS)

David Brain: Was Ancient Mars Earth-like? (Courtesy LASP)

MAVEN Profiles: Sandra Cauffman (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

MAVEN Profiles: Carlos Gomez-Rosa (Courtesy NASA/GSFC)

Radio interview on KGNU with MAVEN PI, Bruce Jakosky (Courtesy LASP)
MAVEN mission to Mars

MAVEN PI, Bruce Jakosky 2009 MAVEN Public Lecture (Courtesy LASP)