NASA’s conception of the MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars to study its atmosphere and discover why most of it disappeared billions of years ago. NASA image.
ATTENTION: Reporters & editors covering science WHAT: During Monday morning's launch countdown for NASA's newest mission to Mars, called Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN), many of the spacecraft's builders will be anxiously watching live video of the launch from the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Reporters are invited to attend and those behind the mission. WHEN: Monday, Nov. 18, beginning at 10 a.m. PST. The MAVEN launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida will take place within a two-hour window: 10:28 a.m.-12:28 p.m. PST. WHERE: Main conference room, Space Sciences Laboratory, 7 Gauss Way, located in the hills above the UC Berkeley campus. (see map ) WHO: While many members of UC Berkeley's MAVEN team will be watching the launch in Florida, Peter Harvey, MAVEN flight software lead; Bryan Mendez, a member of SSL's educational outreach team; and some of the engineers and scientists who built instruments for the spacecraft will be following the launch at the Space Sciences Laboratory and will be available for comment on the mission.
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