What does it take to actually build a satellite? Besides lots of taxpayer dollars, of course. NASA has published this entertaining video to show us what they go through to build one. NASA uses the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission as an example. The mission of this satellite is to study how the sun interacts with the atmosphere of Mars.

After the break is a video talking more about the MAVEN mission.

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