NASA MAVEN Mission to Mars Ready – Watch Launch Live Online via this NASA TV Video Stream or In Person

On Monday November 18, 2013 NASA is set to launch its next mission to Mars. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN), is ready for launch at 1:28 PM from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Flordia’s space coast.

Viewers can watch the launch of MAVEN to Mars live online via a live video stream (below) courtesy of a NASA TV internet feed. MAVEN will take critical measurements of the Martian upper atmosphere to help scientists understand climate change over the Red Planet’s history.

Watch live streaming video of the MAVIN Mars Mission Launch from NASA TV online here

For those near a NASA facility, the agency will host live public viewing events at five NASA centers around the United States during the launch on Monday. The NASA facilities to watch the launch of MAVEN are located in Washington, Maryland, Mississippi, Alabama and West Virginia.

Here are the specific scheduled activities for each NASA location (all times are eastern):

11 a.m. — NASA’s Stennis Space Center, near Bay St. Louis, Miss.: The INFINITY Science Center located on I-10 Exit 2, will host a live viewing of the launch, science project discussions with featured speakers, conduct a parachute design and launch demonstration and a Mars habitat competition. Visitors also may have their photographs taken on a simulated Martian surface. For more information, call 228-533-9025, ext. 311.

Noon — NASA Headquarters, Washington: Launch coverage will be available in the James Webb Auditorium at 300 E St. SW. Jim Garvin, chief scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Md., will discuss Mars exploration plans and answer questions from the public. MAVEN materials and other handouts will be available.

Noon — NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center will host a pre-launch panel discussion with representatives from the Marshall Center titled “Deep Space Exploration: Mars and Beyond.” There will also be educational activities for children. The event will be held in the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Davidson Center Digital Theater located at One Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Ala., 35805. The event is open to the public and there will be signs directing the public where to park. The launch will be shown live in the theater at 1:28 p.m. For more information, contact Shannon Ridinger at 256-544-3774.

1 p.m. — NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.: Goddard’s Visitors Center auditorium located off ICESat Road (formerly Soil Conservation Road) will show the launch and have available a planetary scientist to answer visitors’ questions. For more information, contact the Goddard newsroom at 301-286-8955.

1 p.m. — NASA’s Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility, 5000 NASA Blvd. 5th Floor, Fairmont, W.Va: Events will include educational activities for students and educators before and after launch coverage. Take either elevator to the 5th floor. Media should use the South entrance. For more information contact Jennifer Neptune at: 304-367-8262.