La NASA lanza la sonda Maven para explorar la atmosfera marciana

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft launched to Mars to investigate the planet's drastic climate change. The mission aims to understand why Mars transitioned from a warm, wet environment to its current cold, dry state. Scientists suspect the loss of Mars' thick atmosphere, possibly eroded by the Sun, played a role. MAVEN will study atmospheric gases for a year after reaching Mars in September 2014.

¿Qué se sabe sobre la atmósfera inicial de Marte y su pérdida?

¿Qué se espera que haga MAVEN una vez que llegue a Marte?