NASA’s latest spacecraft sent to study the Martian atmosphere is already collecting data.

NASA scientists announced this afternoon that its Maven (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft is securely in orbit around Mars, and all of its instruments are working well.

The orbiter, which entered Mars’ orbit on Sept. 21, has already sent back images of what NASA scientists are calling a “storm” of energetic solar particles around Mars, giving researchers unprecedented ultraviolet images of oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon coronas surrounding the Red Planet,

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