NASA loses contact with Mars orbiter. What to know about MAVEN mission

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than a decade. Here's what we know.

NASA says Maven spacecraft that was orbiting Mars has gone silent

Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations on Dec. 6.

NASA Maven Loses Contact - Mars Orbiter Mysteriously Disappears After Capturing 3I/ATLAS Images

NASA is probing a sudden loss of contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter after rare 3I/ATLAS data, raising questions about timing ...

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars ...

NASA Scrambles After Veteran Mars Spacecraft Mysteriously Goes Dark

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NASA Confirms It Has Lost Contact With Mars Orbiter MAVEN

The MAVEN spacecraft – Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution – abruptly lost contact with Earth on 6 December 2025 while passing behind the red planet in the normal course of its orbit. When MAVEN re ...
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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars mysteriously went offline

The spacecraft in orbit around Mars lost signal with the ground stations despite the last contact showing that it had ...

NASA Loses Contact with Spacecraft That's Been Orbiting Mars for Over a Decade

NASA announced that it lost contact with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft after it orbited ...
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NASA's loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter on the far side of the Red Planet

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) is one of only three NASA missions currently in operation around Mars, and one ...

NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the past decade

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly ...

NASA loses contact with Mars orbiter MAVEN

NASA has lost contact with MAVEN, a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than 11 years and one of only three ...

Lost In Space? NASA Loses Contact With Mars Orbiter MAVEN

NASA scientists are working to regain contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. The space ...