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November 18, 2013 06:52 pm GMT

NASA's Mars-Bound MAVEN Seeks Answer to Climate Mystery

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We call Mars the Red Planet because, on the surface, it looks like a rusty dust bowl, incapable of ever harboring life. However, our galactic neighbor didn't always appear this way. Billions of years ago, it looked a lot like our own planet — dotted with puffy clouds and covered in deep blue water.

So, what happened?

NASA will launch MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft on Monday at 1:28 p.m. ET in search of the answer. Once it reaches its destination in September 2014, MAVEN will explore the planet's upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar wind. Read more...

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