Next Mars mission seeks to unravel secrets of Red Planet's atmosphere

Friday, August 30, 2013 - 17:30 in Astronomy & Space

BOULDER, Colo. — Scientists are gearing up for NASA's next spacecraft to Mars, an orbiter equipped to probe the Martian upper atmosphere for clues to how the Red Planet's atmosphere has thinned and how Mars' climate has evolved over time.

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