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NASA officially ends Mars mission after 12 years in orbit

A routine pass behind Mars marked the end of an era for one of NASA's most important space missions. After more than a decade ...

Will NASA’s SkyFall Mars helicopter fleet sink science at the Red Planet?

NASA wants to send an ambitious fleet of helicopters to soar through Martian skies—but scientists fear the endeavor could ...

After 11 years at Mars, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft was in excellent shape when it disappeared behind Mars on December 6 of last year. The routine passage, called an occultation, was supposed to last less than an hour, but ...

NASA's Perseverance discovers a rich cache of organic molecules on Mars, suggesting the building blocks of life were widespread on the ancient Red Planet

Scientists have detected complex organic matter in an ancient river valley on Mars, specifically within Jezero Crater. This ...
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NASA's dead Mars orbiter MAVEN will crash into the Red Planet in the next 100 years

NASA just declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after a dozen productive years circling the Red Planet. Here's the fate that awaits the probe.
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NASA declares MAVEN, its Mars atmosphere orbiter, dead

Over more than a decade at Mars, the orbiter revealed how the solar wind strips away the planet’s atmosphere — and why the ...