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NASA launches MAVEN to probe mystery of Mars' missing atmosphere [i]A NASA spacecraft is now hot on the trail of Mars' missing atmosphere. MAVEN, which is short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission, launched Monday (Nov. 18) on a ten-month interplanetary cruise to the Red Planet. Flying atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, MAVEN lifted off at 1:28 p.m. EST (1828 GMT) from Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA's 10th orbiter launched to Mars (of which three were unsuccessful) and the first mission dedicated to surveying the Martian upper atmosphere, MAVEN is set to arrive at the fourth planet from the Sun on Sept. 22, 2014. Once in orbit, the spacecraft's eight science instruments will begin one year studying what role the loss of atmospheric gas to space had in changing Mars' climate over time.[/i]
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