One more day until our next Mars-bound spacecraft launches to the red planet. United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft onboard is seen at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, Cape Canaveral, Fla. MAVEN is scheduled to launch at 1:28 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 18. MAVEN is the first spacecraft devoted to exploring and understanding the Martian upper atmosphere. It will orbit the planet in an elliptical orbit that allows it to pass through and sample the entire upper atmosphere on every orbit. The spacecraft will investigate how the loss of Mars' atmosphere to space determined the history of water on the surface. The spacecraft is scheduled to reach Mars in September 2014. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) #maven #nasa #space #ula #rocket #launch #rocketlaunch #launchpad #321launch #maven2mars #planets #science #solarsystem, #martian