NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter is no longer communicating with Earth, after an unknown "anomaly" put it out of contact with NASA’s Deep Space Network. In November 2013, ...

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars for over a decade. The loss of signal occurred on Dec. 6 as the orbiter passed behind Mars from Earth's perspective. MAVEN ...

MAVEN (short for "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution") has been silent since Dec. 4, despite repeated efforts to hail the spacecraft, NASA announced in an update on Monday (Dec. 15). And a ...

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With one of NASA's most data-rich Martian orbiters of the 21st century in distress, now is as good a time as ever to remember what's at stake if MAVEN is lost.

A silent, decade-long vigil over the Martian sky has been broken. One of NASA's most reliable eyes in the cosmos, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter, has suddenly gone dark.

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The Navy is encouraging small businesses to create tools to make data from the Maven Smart System, and similar platforms, more accessible, a top service official said Tuesday during his keynote ...