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 ...
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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is still silent at Mars — and apparently is spinning too

NASA still hasn't heard from its MAVEN Mars orbiter, and the spacecraft appears to be spinning in an odd way as well.
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NASA’s MAVEN went silent on Mars, here’s what we know

NASA’s veteran Mars orbiter MAVEN has slipped into an unnerving quiet, cutting off a decade of continuous atmospheric ...

NASA loses contact with MAVEN, which reached Mars with Mangalyaan

NASA loses contact with MAVEN, its Mars orbiter studying the planet's atmosphere, after a decade of successful operations.

NASA says Maven spacecraft that was orbiting Mars has gone silent

Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations on Dec. 6.
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NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Spinning Helplessly After Signal Lost

Last week, NASA revealed that it had lost the signal from its MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft, one ...
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NASA Confirms It Has Lost Contact With Mars Orbiter MAVEN

The MAVEN spacecraft – Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution – abruptly lost contact with Earth on 6 December 2025 while passing behind the red planet in the normal course of its orbit. When MAVEN re ...
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A NASA Spacecraft Orbiting Mars Just Mysteriously Went Offline

In an update this week, NASA announced that it had lost signal of its MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) ...

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars ...
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NASA reveals why Mars changed from a blue world into a red desert

Mars changed from a blue world with water to a red desert because its atmosphere escaped into space over billions of years.

Concerns Rise as NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft Goes Silent at Mars

As of December 4, 2023, MAVEN has not communicated with mission control, prompting NASA to issue an update on its status. The analysis of tracking data suggests that the spacecraft is rotating ...
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Mars Atmosphere Sputters, Human Spacecraft Catches It in the Act

It's not entirely clear how neighboring planet Mars went from a presumably life-supporting planet to a place as dead as all others in the solar system. We do know, however, that whatever water and ...