It's Official: NASA Has Declared Its Mars Spacecraft MAVEN Dead

4 June 2026 at 02:36

Artist's illustration of NASA's MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars, with its solar panels extended above the planet's orange surface against a starry background. Like "the loss of a loved one".

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