CU scientists and MAVEN investigators discuss the new findings on Mars’ atmosphere and solar winds. By Taryn Parsons
MAVEN
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CU faculty had an important role in the discovery of water on Mars. By Cay Leytham-Powell
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NASA is giving the greenlight for CU to enter the development stage of a $438 million mission that is set to launch in 2013. The mission is called the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, and is going to be led by CU’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and has been in the planning stages for sometime, according to the NASA website.