CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is poised for liftoff of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft on Space Launch Complex 41. The vehicle was secured on the pad at 10:35 a.m. EST. All prelaunch work is complete except spacecraft battery charging, which will be underway until the launch countdown picks up Nov. 18 at 6:28 a.m. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Cape Canaveral, FL
Date November 16, 2013