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The shipping container carrying the MAVEN spacecraft departs the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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The shipping container carrying the MAVEN spacecraft departs the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A C-17 aircraft delivered MAVEN for processing ahead of a launch later this year on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

MAVEN, short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, will orbit Mars to study the Red Planet's upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. Photo credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs

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  • Title: The shipping container carrying the MAVEN spacecraft departs the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
  • Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL
  • Owner: KSC
  • Album: cbabir
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