For nearly a month, NASA has been scrambling to make contact with a spacecraft in orbit around Mars that abruptly fell silent. The space agency lost communication with the MAVEN probe (short for Mars ...

Last week, NASA revealed that it had lost the signal from its MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft, one of just seven Earthly probes currently orbiting Mars. The agency failed to ...

MAVEN's handlers haven't heard from the probe since Dec. 4. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Things aren't looking good for one of ...

WASHINGTON — New analysis suggests that problems with NASA’s MAVEN Mars orbiter may be more serious than a simple communications glitch. NASA said Dec. 9 that it lost contact with the spacecraft three ...

This could be the end of the orbiter that studies the Red Planet’s atmosphere and relays communications between NASA and its Mars rovers. Reading time 2 minutes Last week, NASA revealed that it lost ...

Eleven years in Mars orbit, terabytes of vital information on the Martian atmosphere, and over half a billion dollars in government funding. This is what was brought into peril on December 6th, 2025, ...

NASA has lost contact with one of its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars orbiter is perilously close to running out of fuel, and the third mission ...

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly stopped communicating to ground stations over the weekend. NASA said this week that it was working ...

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 ...

Dec. 10 (UPI) --NASA has lost contact with MAVEN, a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than 11 years and one of only three circling the red planet. On Tuesday, NASA said it lost contact ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly stopped communicating to ground stations over the weekend. NASA said ...

There are currently seven spacecraft orbiting Mars, three of which belong to NASA. They’re designed to study the hostile planet’s geology, atmosphere, and radiation, while also supporting missions on ...