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NASA’s Psyche probe swung past Mars at 2,864 miles, stealing a 1,000-mph boost on its way to a metal asteroid thought to be a dead planet’s core

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft swept within 2,864 miles of Mars on May 15, 2026, grabbing a roughly 1,000-mph speed boost that bent its flight path about one degree closer to the plane of its target, the ...

NASA ends mission after loss of Mars probe

NASA said Wednesday it will end its mission to study the atmosphere and evolution of Mars after its probe went silent for six months.After months of silence, NASA has resigned itself to the loss of ...

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

Efforts to communicate with MAVEN since then have been unsuccessful, according to an agency release, and NASA officials held ...
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NASA declared its $582 million MAVEN orbiter dead after the Mars probe went silent for six months

NASA formally ended the MAVEN mission on June 3, 2026, after the Mars orbiter spent roughly six months in total silence. The spacecraft, which cost $582 million and spent more than 11 years studying ...
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NASA's dead Mars orbiter MAVEN will crash into the Red Planet in the next 100 years

NASA just declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after a dozen productive years circling the Red Planet. Here's the fate that awaits the probe.

NASA's Mars MAVEN Probe Is Dead

NASA has declared that the MAVEN mission has ended after losing contact with its probe six months ago.

After 11 years at Mars, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft was in excellent shape when it disappeared behind Mars on December 6 of last year. The routine passage, called an occultation, was supposed to last less than an hour, but ...
Los Angeles Times

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead. The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a ...

One Mars spacecraft, two senators, and a cloud of questions

What is not controversial is that NASA needs a new spacecraft capable of relaying communications from Mars to Earth. NASA’s best communications relay today is the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which ...
Forbes

NASA Declares Mars Spacecraft Dead After It Spins Out Of Control

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. NASA has ended its MAVEN mission after losing contact with the spacecraft after an 11-year ...