Oct 21, 2010

George H Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 george h diller@nasa gov

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie schierholz@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-065

NASA AWARDS LAUNCH SERVICES CONTRACT FOR MAVEN MISSION

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- NASA has selected United Launch Services, LLC of Littleton, Colo , to launch the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft known as MAVEN MAVEN will launch in November 2013 aboard an Atlas V 401 rocket from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla

The total cost value for the MAVEN launch service is approximately $187 million This estimated cost includes the task ordered launch service for the Atlas plus additional services under other contracts for payload processing; launch vehicle integration; mission unique launch site ground support; and tracking, data and telemetry services

MAVEN is a Mars orbiter that will greatly enhance our understanding of Mars' climate history by providing a comprehensive picture of the planet's upper atmosphere, ionosphere, solar energy drivers and atmospheric losses

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md , manages the MAVEN project MAVEN's principal investigator is based at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics The Launch Services Program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is responsible for launch vehicle program management of the Atlas V launch services United Launch Alliance provides the launch services for United Launch Services

For more information about MAVEN, visit:

http://www nasa gov/maven

For more information about NASA and its missions, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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