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Lockheed Martin-Built MAVEN Launches to Mars
2013-11-18 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
NASA Spacecraft Will Study Planet's Upper Atmosphere<br /> <br /> CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. – NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT, was successfully launched today at 1:28 pm ET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V-401 rocket. The spacecraft has departed Earth and is now on its way to Mars, where it will study the planet's upper atmosphere.<br /> <br /> Launch ...This story is related to the following:Spacecraft
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