Taking flight at Cape Canaveral! NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft launches aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA’s Mars-bound spacecraft, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, is the first spacecraft devoted to exploring and understanding the Martian upper atmosphere. The one-year mission begins in September 2014, when the spacecraft reaches Mars orbit. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls #nasa #space #ula #rocket #launch #rocketlaunch #launchpad#321 launch #maven2mars #planets #science #solarsystem #martian #maven #countdown