NASA ends MAVEN Mars mission after six months of silence
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NASA has declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after six months of radio silence. Launched in 2013 to study Mars’ atmosphere, MAVEN went silent after passing behind the planet in December, then spun and drained its batteries. A NASA review board concluded the spacecraft is unrecoverable, ending more than a decade of atmospheric observations and its role in relaying data from other Mars rovers.
- NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after 6 months of silence NBC News
- NASA Says Farewell to MAVEN Mars Mission, Hosts Media Call Today NASA (.gov)
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- RIP MAVEN: NASA Ends Recovery Attempts For Mission That Discovered Aurorae And Atmosphere Loss On Mars IFLScience
- NASA’s Mars mission MAVEN is lost forever Scientific American
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