Tag: Mars atmosphere
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NASA to Reopen Contact with Silent MAVEN Mars Orbiter After Communication Blackout
NASA to Reopen Contact with Silent MAVEN Mars Orbiter After Communication Blackout After a planned two-week communication blackout, NASA is set to attempt contact with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission, or MAVEN, which has been silent for more than a month. The agency’s ground teams will try to re-establish two-way communication with the…
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NASA to Re-Establish Contact with Silent MAVEN Mars Orbiter
NASA Reaches Out After a Month of Silence from MAVEN NASA is preparing to attempt communication with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission, known as MAVEN, after a planned two-week blackout extended into weeks of silence. The orbiter, which has been studying the Martian atmosphere and climate since its arrival in 2014, briefly halted…
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NASA Reaches for MAVEN: Coordinated Rescue Attempt to Reestablish Contact with Silent Mars Orbiter
NASA Trails Silence, Seeks to Reestablish MAVEN’s Mars Link After a planned two-week communications blackout that stretched into a month, NASA is preparing to listen for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission, or MAVEN, which abruptly went silent more than four weeks ago. The agency has outlined a renewed contact strategy aimed at reestablishing…
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MAVEN Goes Silent at Mars: NASA’s Orbiters Face Unexpected Spin
NASA’s MAVEN Goes Quiet at Mars MAVEN, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution orbiter, has fallen silent in the red planet’s orbit. NASA confirmed on Monday that the spacecraft has not answered ground signals since December 4, despite a concerted effort by engineers to reestablish contact. The update marks a troubling turn for a mission…
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MAVEN Silent at Mars: NASA’s Orbiters in Trouble Today
NASA’s MAVEN Goes Quiet at Mars NASA reports that the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has been silent since December 4, with ground teams unable to establish a reliable link. The episode follows a period of repeated attempts to hail the orbiter, suggesting there may be technical issues affecting MAVEN’s communications and attitude…
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NASA’s Twin Satellites: Revealing How Mars Lost Its Atmosphere
Introduction: A Bold Step Toward Solving a Red Planet Mystery In a mission that could rewrite what we know about the Red Planet, NASA is sending a pair of identical satellites into space. These twin spacecraft are designed to work in concert, collecting data that scientists hope will explain how Mars lost its thick atmosphere…