US Launches New Mars Mission

The U.S. space agency has launched a new exploratory mission to Mars, hoping to learn more about the Red Planet's mysterious atmosphere and climate.The National Aeronatics and Space Administration sent its Maven spacecraft skyward Monday aboard an unmanned Atlas V missile. It was was launched from the government's Cape Canaveral facility along the southeastern U.S. shoreline.If all goes well, Maven, carrying eight science instruments, will reach Mars in 10 months , and then settle...

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