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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A sling is lowered into place over NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, inside a payload fairing, at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 so the spacecraft can be hoisted atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will lift it into space and on to Mars. MAVEN is short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett