NASA ends MAVEN mission after Mars orbiter falls silent

NASA said on Wednesday it will end its mission studying Mars' atmosphere and evolution after losing contact with its MAVEN spacecraft for six months. MAVEN, wh…

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NASA has ended the MAVEN mission after the Mars orbiter fell silent. The cause of the silence is unknown.

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• NASA ends MAVEN mission

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NASA ends MAVEN mission after Mars orbiter falls silent NASA said on Wednesday it will end its mission studying Mars' atmosphere and evolution after losing contact with its MAVEN spacecraft for six months. MAVEN, which entered Martian orbit in 2014, was designed for a one- to two-year mission but operated for more than a decade before falling silent in December 2025. According to the collected source material from www.france24.com, NASA said on Wednesday it will end its mission studying Mars' atmosphere and evolution after losing contact with its MAVEN spacecraft for six months. MAVEN, which entered Martian orbit in 2014, was designed for a one- to two-year mission but operated for more than a decade before falling silent in December 2025. Editorial classification signals include category: cronaca ; entities mentioned: Mars ; source timestamp: 2026-06-03T23:59:39+00:00. This draft is a…

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Deterministic fallback judge output. Libre judge fallback via DeepSeek Gamma.

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• The cause of the orbiter falling silent is not specified.

Categoria: cronaca
Entità: Mars