NASA Loses Contact With Mars Probe ‘Maven’

NASA has lost contact with its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft, a critical orbiter that has been studying the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere since 2014. The probe, launched in November 2013 aboard an Atlas-V rocket, entered Mars orbit in September 2014 after a 10-month journey covering 502 million miles.The communication blackout occurred on 6 December 2025, during a
NASA has lost contact with its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft, a critical orbiter that has been studying the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere since 2014. The probe, launched in November 2013 aboard an Atlas-V rocket, entered Mars orbit in September 2014 after a 10-month journey covering 502 million miles.The communication blackout occurred on 6 December 2025, during a
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