NASA still hasn't heard from its MAVEN Mars orbiter, and the spacecraft appears to be spinning in an odd way as well.

NASA is confronting a rare double setback at Mars, with one long-serving orbiter suddenly falling silent and another aging ...

NASA loses contact with MAVEN, its Mars orbiter studying the planet's atmosphere, after a decade of successful operations.

Engineers do not have the luxury of time for regaining control of the spacecraft. A solar conjunction (where Mars is obscured ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take ...

NASA confirms Mars orbiter MAVEN went offline. Engineers analyse the spacecraft, using other orbiters as backups to maintain Mars exploration and data collection.

As of December 4, 2023, MAVEN has not communicated with mission control, prompting NASA to issue an update on its status. The analysis of tracking data suggests that the spacecraft is rotating ...

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 ...

New analysis suggests that problems with NASA’s MAVEN Mars orbiter may be more serious than a simple communications glitch.

NASA revealed that new data showed MAVEN was rotating in an unexpected way after it emerged from the far side of Mars ...

Astronomers continue to track the mysterious interstellar visitor Comet 3I/ATLAS as it speeds through the solar system, using ...