MAVEN has traveled 442 million miles since its November launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The $671 million mission has deep Colorado roots: It was built in Littleton by Lockheed Martin Space Systems; Centennial-based United Launch Alliance provided the launch vehicle; mission operations are being handled at Lockheed’s Waterton Canyon facility in Jefferson County; and science operations are being led by University of Colorado at Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. About $300 million of the project budget remained in Colorado, CU officials say.