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NASA ends MAVEN orbiter mission

NASA Just Delivered the Mars Orbiter Update Nobody Wanted to Hear

According to NASA, the spacecraft launched with enough fuel to keep it running until 2030, but the agency lost contact with MAVEN after it emerged from behind Mars on December 6. Telemetry data showed that all its subsystems had been working normally prior to the loss of signal, but attempts to reestablish contact were unsuccessful.

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NASA declares MAVEN, its Mars atmosphere orbiter, dead

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Like 'the loss of a loved one': NASA's Mars orbiter MAVEN is officially dead after months of radio silence

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“I’ll buy 10 of those”—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites

So why is NASA launching fewer telescopes and planetary science missions than it did a quarter-century ago? The answer is ...

AOL

UC Berkeley and NASA prepare twin satellites — could rewrite what we know about Mars

The quiet hours before a rocket launch always carry a sense of hope, especially when a mission aims to answer old questions about a distant world. That feeling is strong as NASA gets ready to send a ...

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NASA spacecraft to fly past Mars this week, on voyage to rare metal asteroid

A NASA spacecraft headed toward the asteroid belt will fly past Mars on Friday, aiming to get a boost from the planet's gravitational field and save some of the propellant it needs to complete the ...

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NASA and Blue Origin Launch Pair of Mars Monitoring Satellites

This Thursday, Blue Origin successfully launched a pair of NASA spacecraft atop a New Glenn rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The two spacecraft will study Mars' magnetic ...

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