planet's climate and water. The name is an acronym for "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution" while the word maven also denotes "a person who has special...

planetary physicist and the Principal Investigator of the NASA Mars Scout mission MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution). Curry is an associate...

which are ripped off by the solar wind. In 2015 the NASA Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission measured the rate of atmospheric stripping...

measurements from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) magnetic field experiment/electron reflectometer (MAG/ER) and Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) magnetic-field...

Wayback Machine. Space Daily. Retrieved 19 November 2011. "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission – MAVEN". NASA. 2015-02-24. Archived from the original...

The atmosphere of Mars is the layer of gases surrounding Mars. It is primarily composed of carbon dioxide (95%), molecular nitrogen (2.85%), and argon...

Human exploration, and observed the key chemical ingredients for life to occur. In 2013, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission observed...

are also important differences, such as much lower thermal inertia. Mars's atmosphere has a scale height of approximately 11 km (36,000 ft), 60% greater...

20 °C (−243 to 68 °F) and cosmic radiation is high. Mars retains some water, in the ground as well as thinly in the atmosphere, forming cirrus clouds...

the surface of Mars, limited to traces of dissolved moisture from the atmosphere and thin films, large quantities of ice are present on and under the surface...

Kaveh; Usui, Tomohiro (2018-07-26). "Water and Volatile Inventories of Mercury, Venus, the Moon, and Mars". Space Science Reviews. 214 (5): 92. Bibcode:2018SSRv...

biosignatures in the soil and rocks at the planet's surface, and biomarker gases in the atmosphere. Mars is of particular interest for the study of the origins...

the Solar System with an atmosphere that is denser than the atmosphere of Earth and is one of two moons with an atmosphere significant enough to drive...

known atmosphere. Its closest analog is the atmosphere of Triton, although in some aspects it resembles even the atmosphere of Mars. The atmosphere of Pluto...

Destination: Mars Arrival: 6 August 2012 Institution: NASA MAVEN — Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution. Mission: study the Martian upper atmosphere and its...

hydrocarbons in atmosphere of Titan, one of the moon's of Saturn. Fox was a member of the science team for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN)...

and Neptune) formed further out, beyond the frost line, the point between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where material is cool enough for volatile icy...

(REPTile) Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Lunar Dust Experiment (LDEX) MAVEN - Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN Mission Magnetospheric...

gravity of Mars requires 2.6 times Earth's column airmass to obtain the optimum 100 kPa (15 psi) pressure at the surface. Additional volatiles to increase...

Crater on Mars. Hydrogen is present as water (H2O) ice and in hydrated minerals. Carbon occurs as carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and sometimes...

the planet and altering its atmosphere, and NASA has even hosted debates on the subject. Several potential methods for the terraforming of Mars may be within...

Robert O. (1 July 1991). "On the origin and early evolution of terrestrial planet atmospheres and meteoritic volatiles". Icarus. 92 (1): 2–79. Bibcode:1991Icar...

prebiotic atmosphere is the second atmosphere present on Earth before today's biotic, oxygen-rich third atmosphere, and after the first atmosphere (which...

designs of two earlier Lockheed Martin spacecraft: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN), and the Juno spacecraft. Jupiter is to include a...

surface or atmosphere. Such a fate awaits the moons Phobos of Mars (within 30 to 50 million years), Triton of Neptune (in 3.6 billion years), and at least...

pre-Noachian and Noachian, which is not well known. Volatile outgassing is thought to have occurred during these periods. One way to ascertain whether Mars possessed...

Pepin, Robert O. (1991). "On the origin and early evolution of terrestrial planet atmospheres and meteoritic volatiles". Icarus. 92 (1): 2–79. Bibcode:1991Icar...

designs of two earlier Lockheed Martin spacecraft—Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission and the Juno—as well as a robotic arm from MDA derived...

fluctuations that induce global volatile transport between its polar caps, leading to variable atmospheric circulation. The atmosphere of Triton also supports...

Water and other volatiles, if present, increase the total. Earth was volatile-rich, with an atmosphere composed of N2, CO2 and water, and an ocean that...