In this April 22 talk, MAVEN principal investigator, Bruce Jakosky, will discuss NASA’s most recent Mars mission and its early science results. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission has been in orbit around the red planet since Sept. 21, 2014, and is about five months into its one-Earth-year primary mission. We are just beginning to see the full range of processes that are operating at Mars. SPSC building (Room W120), located at 3665 Discovery Dr. in the east campus research park. Doors at 7 p.m. FREE