NASA to Share MAVEN Mars Results with Media During Live News Conference

Just less than a year ago, NASA launched the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft. After a 10 month journey, the spacecraft entered into orbit around the Red Planet to begin its scientific exploration.

On Tuesday this week, at 2 p.m. EDT, NASA will hold a teleconference with the media to announce early science results from MAVEN and discuss next steps for the mission with the press.

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Since leaving the Earth last November, MAVEN’s interplanetary journey has covered 442 million miles (711 million kilometers) to get to Mars where the spacecraft will become the first of its kind devoted to exploring and understanding the Martian upper atmosphere and ultimately help scientists understand climate change over the Red Planet’s history.

Taking part in Tuesday’s teleconference will be:
— Elsayed Talaat, MAVEN program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington
— Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN principal investigator at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU-Boulder)
— Mike Chaffin, Remote Sensing Team member at CU-Boulder
— Justin Deighan, Remote Sensing Team member at CU-Boulder
— Davin Larson, Solar Energetic Particles instrument lead at the University of California, Berkeley

In addition to the teleconference, live audio of the call with the media will be streamed live online at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio. The Agency will also post images and other information related to the mission on its web site at: http://www.nasa.gov/maven.