MAVEN nearing arrival at Mars

MAVEN_Aug292014[MAVEN status update, August 29, 2014]  MAVEN continues on a smooth journey to Mars. All spacecraft systems are operating nominally. Since we are now in a “pre-Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) moratorium”, all instruments are powered off until after we arrive at the Red Planet. We had scheduled a final Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-4) for September 12th…. As we approach the last few days before arriving at Mars [September 21], the following are public affairs events that you may be interested in tuning in for:

  • Pre-MOI Press Conference at NASA Headquarters: September 17th at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
  • Live Television Coverage of the MOI Event: September 21st from 9:30 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. EDT.
  • Post-MOI Press Conference at Lockheed Martin-Denver: September 21st less than 2 hours after MOI.

All of these events can be watched on NASA TV through your cable/satellite system or online at www.nasa.gov/ntv….. [More at link]

This entry was posted in Reports and tagged , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

Comments are closed.