MAVEN Reaches Mars

Shaun Keating NASA, News Feather Story 2014

MAVEN traveled 442 million miles to the red planet

MAVEN is now orbiting Mars to collect atmospheric data.

  1. NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft reached Mars on Sunday evening.
  2. The craft made the 442 million mile trips in 10 months.
  3. MAVEN is now orbiting Mars collecting atmospheric data.
  4. Scientists want to know what happened to water on Mars.
  5. They believe the upper atmosphere may hold clues.
  6. There are 3 other crafts orbiting Mars right now.
  7. NASA hopes to send astronauts to Mars in the 2030s.