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Sept. 27, 2024: Ten years on, MAVEN is teaching scientists about Mars; Re-envisioning Hamlet

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Courtesy of NASA/GSFC
An artist’s rendering of the MAVEN spacecraft along the edge of Mars.

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The University of Colorado leads the MAVEN project to study Mars' volatile atmosphere with the hope of helping human exploration there. Then, Pamela Friend was in a cradle the first time her parents took her to the drive-in they owned in Montrose. Decades later, Friend is still popping the popcorn and running the projector. And, a new take on "Hamlet" from the Denver Center Theater Company.