MAVEN
NASA’s MAVEN mission investigated the Martian upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and interaction with the solar wind, while its communications package relayed data from surface missions.
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Identity
- Aliases
- MAVEN missionMars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission
- Name
- MAVEN
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- NASA’s MAVEN mission investigated the Martian upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and interaction with the solar wind, while its communications package relayed data from surface missions.
- Destination
- Elliptical Mars orbit at 75° inclination, with approximately 150 km periapsis and 6,000 km apoapsis (later reduced by aerobraking), for studying the upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and atmospheric escape while relaying data from surface missions
- End Date
- 2026-06-03
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- MAVEN entered Mars orbit in September 2014 and transformed understanding of atmospheric escape and solar-wind forcing. NASA declared the mission ended on June 3, 2026, after a December 2025 loss of signal and review-board determination that the spacecraft was unrecoverable.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2013-11-18
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/maven/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 30, 2026 at 20:29:03 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 14:02:48 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Space Stations
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- Vehicles