NASA begins formal anomaly review after MAVEN probe lost in space

Communication attempts ongoing for stricken spacecraft NASA is setting up an anomaly review board to look into the fate of ...
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NASA Has Some Very Bad News About Its Mars Spacecraft

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After a month of no answer, NASA will try hailing its silent MAVEN Mars orbiter today

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.
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NASA to Resume Search for Missing Mars Orbiter, But Prospects of Re-establishing Communication With It Seem Slim

Scientists haven't heard from the MAVEN orbiter since December 6. It had been studying the Martian atmosphere for over a decade ...
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Mars-orbit cameras track a visitor from another star system, up close

The engineering lesson is simple: Sometimes the best observatory is the one already parked at another planet. When an ...

Mars has never looked so serene in this gorgeous image from a NASA rover

Nearly 14 years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars for a mission to explore the red planet and discover if it had an ...

NASA's Curiosity rover accidentally breaks a rock on Mars and scientists can't believe what's inside

In November 2011, NASA launched a space mission to explore the planet Mars through a vehicle known as Curiosity. After a long ...

Mars Rover's Stunning Discovery Suggests Red Planet Was Once A Blue Planet

geological signatures indicate that around 3.4 billion years ago, a connected oceanic system existed on a planetary scale, rather than just isolated lakes.

Are there thunderstorms on Mars? A scientist explains red planet’s weather

So, Mars does have storms, but they’re far drier and dustier than the thunderstorms on Earth. Scientists are continually ...