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 ...

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.

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 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 ...

NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the last decade

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly ...
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NASA's loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter on the far side of the Red Planet

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) is one of only three NASA missions currently in operation around Mars, and one ...
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NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft goes silent: What happened to Mars’ most important orbiter?

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars since 2014, is experiencing an unprecedented communication failure. The ...

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's Maven probe goes silent after a decade on Mars

A NASA spacecraft that has been doing laps around Mars for more than a decade has gone silent – and no one knows why. The ...
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NASA Loses Signal from Critical Mars Orbiter

One of NASA’s workhorse spacecraft in orbit around Mars has fallen silent, leaving agency personnel scrambling to ...

NASA loses contact with Mars orbiter MAVEN

NASA has lost contact with MAVEN, a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than 11 years and one of only three ...

NASA loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter

In 2022, NASA lost contact with MAVEN after it rebooted a navigational instrument. Mission boffins placed the probe in Safe ...