NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations ...
NASA’s Perseverance rover is continuing its critical mission to explore the Martian surface, with its recent study of dormant megaripples providing exciting new insights into the Red Planet’s ...
MAVEN was conducting routine operations, passing behind Mars in its normal orbit, when the communication failure occurred. It’s not uncommon for spacecraft to lose contact when they pass behind a ...