Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft in orbit of Mars has begun a series of aerobraking maneuvers with the planet’s atmosphere to lower its orbit as the craft prepares for its added task of serving as a ...

New ultraviolet images beamed from Mars by NASA's MAVEN spacecraft show huge swaths of clouds forming above the red planet in incredible new detail. The imagery also reveals a never-before ...

Hubble Space Telescope and MAVEN mission have been used to help unravel the mystery of Mars' escaping water. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA and its team behind the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft have found hard evidence of what turned Mars into a cold desert wasteland.

Recent findings, aided by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, are shedding light on this enigma. These missions have brought researchers ...

The Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) Propellant Tank was recently integrated in the spacecraft. The tank was built by ATK Aerospace Group at its facility in Commerce, Calif.

MAVEN observations of a proton aurora. In the top panel, natural variability of the solar wind results in occasional dense flows of solar wind protons bombarding Mars. At bottom, observations by ...