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MAVEN Ready To Launch Today

Posted by samzenpus on from the go-to-mars dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mars seems to have gone from being a warm, wet planet with a liquid core (with magnetic fields strong enough to maintain an atmosphere) to a cooled frozen desert-like surface. By gathering information about the Mars upper atmosphere and its magnetic field scientists hope MAVEN can help explain what happened and where the water went."

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  1. Live Coverage by Ashenkase · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av038/status.html

    Any other links out there? I generally use Spaceflight Now for the text updats along with the live feed.