NASA loses contact with Mars orbiter. What to know about MAVEN mission

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than a decade. Here's what we know.
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NASA Loses Contact with Spacecraft That's Been Orbiting Mars for Over a Decade

NASA announced that it lost contact with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft after it orbited ...

NASA Maven Loses Contact - Mars Orbiter Mysteriously Disappears After Capturing 3I/ATLAS Images

NASA is probing a sudden loss of contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter after rare 3I/ATLAS data, raising questions about timing ...

NASA loses contact with veteran Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for past decade

The spacecraft was operating normally just before it went behind Mars, NASA confirmed this week; tragically, only silence ...

Communication breakdown? NASA orbiter launched in Florida goes silent

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft that launched from Florida and has been orbiting Mars for more than a decade.

NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for past decade

Maven also has served as a communication relay for NASA's two Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance. Engineering ...
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NASA says Mars rock shows the strongest evidence yet that ancient life may have existed

For decades, scientists have wondered whether life ever existed beyond Earth. Now, a discovery on Mars might finally bring us ...

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Mars may once have had a much larger moon

There are two small moons in orbit around Mars today, but both may be remnants of a much larger moon that had enough of a gravitational pull to drive tides in the Red Planet's lost lakes and seas ...