{"id":359713,"date":"2026-06-03T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/nasa-declares-its-mars-maven-spacecraft-dead-after-six-months-of-silence"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:00:57","slug":"nasa-declares-its-mars-maven-spacecraft-dead-after-six-months-of-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/nasa-declares-its-mars-maven-spacecraft-dead-after-six-months-of-silence","title":{"rendered":"NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft useless after six months of silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB \">CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#8212; <\/span>After six months of radio silence, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nasa-mars-orbiter-maven-c59f534dc51b55dc5387309b93064f77\">NASA\u2019s Maven spacecraft<\/a> at Mars has been declared dead. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/national-a5fcfcd8673e474597f034e087a6f60c\">mission had ended<\/a> after more than a decade of observations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Launched in 2013 to study the red planet\u2019s atmosphere from orbit, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-4b3c8ee2a6dd43eba0b55218059ab104\">Maven<\/a> mysteriously fell silent in early December after passing behind Mars. Data indicated the spacecraft went into a fast spin, which disrupted its orbit and drained the onboard batteries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A review board convened by NASA earlier this year concluded that the spacecraft is useless and unable to be recovered. An investigation continues into what caused the problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Besides studying Martian weather and observing a stray interstellar comet last year, Maven helped relay information from NASA\u2019s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers on the surface.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Maven&#8217;s lead scientist, Shannon Curry of the University of Colorado Boulder, said the spacecraft made a number of \u201camazing discoveries.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Maven \u201chas truly advanced our understanding of the Martian atmosphere and evolution,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute\u2019s Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/wireStory\/nasa-declares-mars-maven-spacecraft-dead-after-months-133554506\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#8212; After six months of radio silence, NASA\u2019s Maven spacecraft at Mars has been declared dead. 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