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MAVEN’s primary structure completed

Submit on Monday, September 26th, 2011 22:56

Lockheed Martin has completed building the primary structure of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft at its Space Systems company facility near Denver. The Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft is scheduled to launch in November 2013 and will be the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere.Other Posts:NigComSat 1 press review: ‘insulting,’ ‘nauseating,’ ‘crass stupidity’First operational ATV lifts off to ISS on 200th Ariane flightRadio Paradise With Satellite TVSwift back under controlNorthrop Grumman demos OCX engineering model for GPSChina Satcom businesses to be split between China Telecom and CASCUpdate: TacSat-2 operational after initial troubleAlphasat Satellite Deemed Closer To Realization

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