Maven is going to be launching soon (within the hour) for another Mars mission:
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MAVEN is set to launch at 1:28 EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. At the time of this article’s publication, there is a 60 percent chance the mission will be a “go” during the two-hour-long launch window, due to weather. If MAVEN does not get off the ground during the next 20 days, NASA will not be able to try again until 2016 when the planets will once again be so favorably aligned.
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You can watch the launch here:
http://www.iflscience.com/space/miss...99s-atmosphere
Here's a cool photo of Maven on the Launch pad in Florida a couple nights ago. The full moom in the background just adds to the photo:
EDIT: Launch successful. You can still watch live feel of where Maven is right now over (moving away from) Earth.