NASA Confirms It Has Lost Contact with Mars Orbiter MAVEN

Thursday, December 11, 2025

NASA has officially lost contact with a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars since 2014.

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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft didn't phone home as expected on December 6

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-- Scientific American (@sciam.bsky.social) Dec 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM

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