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NASA’s MAVEN Studies Passing Comet and Its Effects

By Dwayne Brown | NASA, Guy Webster|Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Nancy Jones/Bill Steigerwald|Goddard Space FLight Center on Oct 20, 2014   Breaking News, Featured, Science/Education  

NASA’s newest orbiter at Mars, MAVEN, took precautions to avoid harm from a dust-spewing comet that flew near Mars today and is studying the flyby’s effects on the Red Planet’s atmosphere. The MAVEN spacecraft — full name Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution — reported back to Earth in good health after about three hours of […]

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