Explore early findings from NASA's MAVEN mission to Mars in this 31-minute AGU Fall Meeting 2014 press conference. Delve into the mission's design, upper atmosphere observations, mass spectra analysis, and ion measurements. Examine the Martian atmospheric reservoir, static energy, composition changes, and acceleration processes. Gain insights into solar variability, Earth's magnetosphere, and solar storms' effects on Mars. Investigate metal ions, spectral structures, density variations, and atmospheric loss mechanisms. Understand how Mars lost its atmosphere to space through this comprehensive overview of MAVEN's initial discoveries.