NASA has officially lost contact with a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars since 2014. The MAVEN spacecraft – Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution – abruptly lost contact with Earth on 6 ...

NASA is confronting a rare double setback at Mars, with one long-serving orbiter suddenly falling silent and another aging spacecraft expected to reach the end of its life soon. The twin problems ...

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft, short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, launched November 2013 and entered Mars orbit in September 2014. After more than a decade of cutting edge orbital science, ...

When the orbit of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft took it behind the Red Planet on December 6th, ground controllers expected a temporary loss of signal (LoS).

NASA’s Perseverance rover, a $2.7 billion mission, faced a significant challenge when it nearly lost a critical tool during its operations on Mars. This incident, recently reported, highlights the ...