Slipping the surly bonds of Earth

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft launches aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1:28 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18. MAVEN is the first spacecraft devoted to exploring and understanding the Martian upper atmosphere. The trip to Mars takes 10 months, and MAVEN will go into orbit around Mars in September 2014. The 920th Rescue Wing provides range-clearance and safety support of all launches from CCAFS. (NASA photo/Bill Ingalls)

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