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NASA declares its Mars MAVEN spacecraft dead

NASA's dead Mars orbiter MAVEN will crash into the Red Planet in the next 100 years

On Wednesday (June 3), NASA officially declared its MAVEN orbiter dead, closing the book on a highly successful mission that studied the Red Planet's atmosphere for nearly a dozen years.

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A researcher may have found a shortcut to Mars as NASA eyes red planet

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NASA declares MAVEN, its Mars atmosphere orbiter, dead

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International Space Station Astronauts in Evacuation Mode as Russia Attempts to Fix Widening Air Leak

Astronauts ⁠aboard the International Space Station were ordered by ‌NASA to shelter ‌in their spacecraft ⁠and ⁠prepare for potential evacuation on Friday as a Russian crew attempts to fix a worseni...

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NASA puts ISS astronauts on evacuation alert after worsening air leak

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NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence

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NASA Finally Admits Its MAVEN Mars Orbiter Is Dead

MAVEN was technically supposed to last a mere two years, with its initial operations planned to end in 2015.

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NASA Officially Ends the MAVEN Mission Months After Losing Contact With the Mars Orbiter

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NASA reluctantly gives up on lost orbiter: "Best Mars mission ever"

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Why Mars looks red and the planet myth people still get wrong

Mars gets called the Red Planet so often that people picture a crimson sphere, almost like a hot coal drifting through space and glowing with heat. The real reason is less dramatic and more fascinating: Mars looks red mainly because iron-rich dust and rock ...

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NASA officially ends Mars mission after 12 years in orbit

A routine pass behind Mars marked the end of an era for one of NASA’s most important space missions. After more than a decade orbiting the Red Planet and delivering groundbreaking insights into its atmosphere,

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See NASA’s Stunning New Images of Mars Captured During an Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft’s Strategic Flyby

The Psyche mission, on its way to study an asteroid of the same name, approached within 2,864 miles of the red planet on May 15