NEWS | November 18, 2013
Atlas V Rocket Fully Fueled Ahead of MAVEN Launch
As a weather system moves into the area from the northwest, electrical potential in the area has been toggling between acceptable limits on a field mill instrument. A field mill is a specialized instrument used for measuring the strength of electrical fields in the atmosphere near thunderstorm clouds. At this time all the field mills are green.
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