Mars Space Exploration

NASA's Mars Orbiter MAVEN is officially dead

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

After months of repeated attempts to reestablish contact with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) satellite, NASA has declared the Red Planet probe dead.

India Today on MSN · 1d

Nasa's Maven spacecraft dead: What was it and how it found auroras on Mars?

Science News · 7h

NASA declares MAVEN, its Mars atmosphere orbiter, dead

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NASA ends MAVEN mission after Mars orbiter goes silent

NASA on Wednesday announced that its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) orbiter mission has ended, almost half a year after scientists last heard from the spacecraft.

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NASA Finally Admits Its MAVEN Mars Orbiter Is Dead

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NASA's dead Mars orbiter MAVEN will crash into the Red Planet in the next 100 years. It's not the only probe in the Mars morgue

The Space Race on MSN

Humanity wants to build a colony on Mars - but there's one major problem

Humanity may be closer to establishing a permanent presence on Mars than ever before, but surviving on the Red Planet remains one of the greatest challenges in space exploration. Extreme radiation, freezing temperatures,

Hawai‘i Public Radio

NASA funds may bring more missions to Mars — on Maunaloa

University of Hawaiʻi computer scientist Kim Binsted talks about the the HI-SEAS program on Maunaloa, which simulates missions to the moon and to Mars.

Interesting Engineering on MSN

Lost in space: NASA declares MAVEN Mars spacecraft unrecoverable after 11 years

NASA has officially ended the MAVEN mission after losing contact with the spacecraft around

Space Coast Daily

SpaceX Announces First Commercial Human Missions to the Moon and Mars

SpaceX is taking another major step toward deep-space exploration, announcing plans for two groundbreaking commercial human spaceflight missions that will carry private astronauts beyond Earth orbit and eventually toward Mars.

12dOpinion

Opinion - NASA is forging a nuclear path to Mars

In 2028, if all goes well, NASA plans to test a new technology that could reduce trip times to the Red Planet.

National Academies

What could we learn by landing humans on Mars?

Landing humans on Mars could teach us whether life ever existed beyond Earth, how planets change over time, and how humans can live on other worlds. By studying Mars up close, astronauts could answer some of the biggest questions in science,

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NASA's Mars Helicopter Actually Breaks The Sound Barrier

For future NASA missions to Mars, this new helicopter vehicle will be key to surveying the planet's surface for all sorts of resources, as well as safe terrain.