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MAVEN Nears Mars

A graphic showing the orbits of Mars (shown in red) and MAVEN's arrival, along with Earth and the Sun.

August 30, 2014

As of August 29th, the MAVEN spacecraft is 198 million kilometers (123 million miles) from Earth and 6.6 million kilometers (4.1 million miles) from Mars. Its velocity is 22.22 kilometers per second (49,705 miles per hour) as it moves around the Sun.

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