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Tag Archives: MAVEN
Comet Siding Spring’s effects on Mars atmosphere
Two NASA and one European spacecraft that obtained the first up-close observations of a comet flyby of Mars on Oct. 19, have gathered new information about the basic properties of the comet’s nucleus and directly detected the effects on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, IUVS, Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MARSIS, MAVEN, MEX, MRO, NASA, Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer, NGIMS, University of Colorado
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NASA telecon to discuss Mars comet findings
NASA will host a media teleconference at 9 a.m. PST (noon EST) on Friday, Nov. 7, to provide initial science observations of comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring’s close flyby of Mars and the impact on the Martian atmosphere. Briefing participants … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, IUVS, Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, Mars Express, MARSIS, MAVEN, MEX, NASA, Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer, NGIMS, University of Colorado
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MAVEN Status update: October 31, 2014
October was a very busy time for the team. We performed a total of three engine burns this month in order to get MAVEN down to its planned science orbit with an orbital period of 4.6 hours and a periapsis … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, IUVS, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, University of Colorado
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MAVEN: Comet’s atomic hydrogen coma in UV
The MAVEN spacecraft obtained an ultraviolet image of hydrogen surrounding comet Siding Spring on Friday, October 17th, two days before the comet’s closest approach to Mars. The Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) instrument imaged the comet at a distance of 5.3 … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, IUVS, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, University of Colorado
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Mars Odyssey, MRO, MAVEN: healthy after flyby
Mars Odyssey: “The telemetry received from Odyssey this afternoon confirms not only that the spacecraft is in fine health but also that it conducted the planned observations of comet Siding Spring within hours of the comet’s closest approach to Mars,” … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN, MRO
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MAVEN: Status update, October 15, 2014
Commissioning activities have gone extremely well over the few weeks since MAVEN entered Mars orbit on September 21. Since then, we have successfully completed four engine burns to lower MAVEN’s orbit. MAVEN now orbits Mars every 4.6 hours with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, IUVS, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, University of Colorado
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MAVEN: First look at upper atmosphere
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has provided scientists their first look at a storm of energetic solar particles at Mars, produced unprecedented ultraviolet images of the tenuous oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon coronas surrounding the Red Planet, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, IUVS, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, University of Colorado
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Mars fleet preps for Comet Siding Spring, Oct. 19
NASA’s extensive fleet of science assets, particularly those orbiting and roving Mars, have front row seats to image and study a once-in-a-lifetime comet flyby on Sunday, Oct. 19. Comet C/2013 A1, also known as Comet Siding Spring, will pass within … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN, MRO
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MAVEN: Status update, September 30, 2014
Everything is going well on the mission as MAVEN orbits Mars! All systems are performing nominally. Following Mars Orbit Insertion on Sept. 21 the spacecraft successfully completed two engine burns which brings MAVEN closer to its planned science orbit. We … Continue reading
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Tagged Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, University of Colorado
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MAVEN: First images of upper atmosphere
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has obtained its first observations of the extended upper atmosphere surrounding Mars. The Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) instrument obtained these false-color images eight hours after the successful completion of Mars orbit insertion … Continue reading
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Tagged Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, IUVS, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, University of Colorado
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