TORONTO – Next stop, Mars.
NASA’s latest Mars spacecraft lifted off on schedule from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Monday afternoon.
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft had a picture-perfect launch at 1:28 EDT atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
As of 2:20 p.m., NASA reported that MAVEN was released from the Centaur upper stage of the rocket and is now on its own.
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MAVEN now faces a 10-month journey as it traverses space on its way to uncovering atmospheric and climatic mysteries of the red planet.
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