March 27, 2013

MAVEN’s Debut In Sight

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Until the rovers Spirit and Opportunity first landed on Mars nearly a decade ago, Earth’s neighboring planet seemed mysterious and elusive. Today, discoveries on Mars continue to elicit wonder and awe, but many mysteries are being explained, thanks in no small part to University of Colorado Boulder researchers.

An ambitious new $485 million mission, MAVEN, is scheduled to head to the red planet Nov. 18. MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) was designed by LASP, the University of Colorado Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.

MAVEN’s mission is to determine how Mars’ atmosphere has changed over time, where the atmosphere has…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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