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Mars Disappearing Solar Wind: MAVEN Visualizations

A zoomed in view of MAVEN’s orbit during a period of low solar wind.

MAVEN Spacecraft Stuns with Ultraviolet Views of Red Planet

NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission acquired stunning views of Mars in two ultraviolet images taken at different…

MAVEN Observes Martian Light Show

Left column: From top to bottom, MAVEN data showing solar wind, solar energetic particles, proton aurora strength, diffuse aurora strength.…

Visualization using colored dashes to illustrate the layers of electric currents around Mars.

MAVEN Mars Electric Currents

This image is from a scientific visualization of the electric currents around Mars.

Artist’s Concept of MAVEN Encountering Plasma Layers at Mars

Graphic illustrating the MAVEN spacecraft encountering plasma layers at Mars.

MAVEN Maps Wind in the Martian Upper Atmosphere

Computer-generated visualization of the orbital paths (white dots) taken by the MAVEN spacecraft as it mapped winds (blue lines) in…

MAVEN Artist’s Concept Orbiting Mars

This illustration shows the MAVEN spacecraft and the limb of Mars.

MAVEN Selfie with Mars in the Background

MAVEN selfie with Mars in the background.

MAVEN Selfie Composite, Annotated

MAVEN selfie composite, annotated

MAVEN Selfie Composite, Unannotated

MAVEN selfie composite, unannotated

Proton Aurora with MAVEN Data

MAVEN observations of a proton aurora. In the top panel, natural variability of the solar wind results in occasional dense…

MAVEN’s Ultraviolet Views of Hydrogen’s Escape from Mars

This image shows atomic hydrogen scattering sunlight in the upper atmosphere of Mars, as seen by the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph…

MAVEN Captures Rapid Cloud Formation

MAVEN's Imaging UltraViolet Spectrograph obtained images of rapid cloud formation on Mars on July 9-10, 2016.

Phobos Observed by MAVEN

Phobos as observed by MAVEN's Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph.