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 ...

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

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 ...

BOULDER — The Colorado-led MAVEN mission cleared the most dangerous hurdle of its life cycle Monday when it successfully left Earth and began its spaceflight to Mars. The NASA-funded program ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...