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Like 'the loss of a loved one': NASA's Mars orbiter MAVEN is officially dead after months of radio silence

NASA has declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after Red Planet anomaly led to months of lost contact.

Fly over Mars' 'Noctis Labyrinthus' in this visualization from spacecraft data

Data from the Mars Express orbiter has been used to create a visualization of "a vast system of deep and steep valleys that ...

Mars orbiter MAVEN goes silent for good, Nasa ending a decade-long mission

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has been declared unrecoverable after Nasa lost contact with it ...
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NASA May Have Lost The MAVEN Mars Orbiter

When the orbit of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft took it behind the Red Planet on December 6th, ground controllers expected a temporary loss of signal (LoS).

NASA’s new Mars orbiter sparks questions over a $700 million competition

Nasa has officially opened bidding for a new Mars telecommunications spacecraft, but the $700 million mission is already attracting controversy over concerns that the competition may favour a specific ...