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Overachieving Mars orbiter may be gone for good

A long-running Mars orbiter that outlived its original mission by a decade has gone silent, and NASA isn't sure it can bring ...

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 ...

Sharp Martian Rocks Turns Curiosity Rover

NASA's Curiosity rover has encountered patches of sharp “gator-back” rocks causing mission planners to look for a new route ...

One of NASA's key cameras orbiting Mars takes 100,000th image

After nearly 20 years on the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has snapped its 100,000th image of the ...

NASA's Webb telescope, Curiosity rover make Time's best inventions list

NASA's Webb space telescope (Hubble's successor) and Mars rover Curiosity have been included in Time magazine's list of the ...

NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft May Actually Be Lost in Space

This could be the end of the orbiter that studies the Red Planet’s atmosphere and relays communications between NASA and its ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snaps 100,000th image

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) officially went into service above the Red Planet in November 2006. The spacecraft ...
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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is still silent at Mars — and apparently is spinning, too

MAVEN (short for "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution") has been silent since Dec. 4, despite repeated efforts to hail the ...

Mars rover launched in Florida among TIME best inventions. What is Curiosity?

Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery, including a rover that launched from Florida, have been named among Time's best ...