{"id":60490,"date":"2025-12-10T22:18:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/nasa-says-maven-spacecraft-that-was-orbiting-mars-has-gone-silent\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T22:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:18:06","slug":"nasa-says-maven-spacecraft-that-was-orbiting-mars-has-gone-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/nasa-says-maven-spacecraft-that-was-orbiting-mars-has-gone-silent\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA says Maven spacecraft that was orbiting Mars has gone silent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/scientists-mini-lightning-mars-nasa-perseverance-rover\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mars<\/a><\/span> for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations on Dec. 6. NASA said this week that it was working fine before it went behind the red planet. When it reappeared, there was only silence.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2013 and having entered Mars&#8217; orbit in September 2014, Maven began studying the upper Martian atmosphere and its interaction with the solar wind. Scientists ended up blaming the sun for Mars losing most of its atmosphere to space over the eons, turning it from wet and warm to the dry and cold world it is today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/10\/ebd1b792-e9b8-44e4-b293-dd84f471085c\/thumbnail\/620x413\/226e1588f96ad8587525c5814756eba6\/ap25344718392764.jpg#\" alt=\"Mars Orbiter \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/10\/ebd1b792-e9b8-44e4-b293-dd84f471085c\/thumbnail\/620x413\/226e1588f96ad8587525c5814756eba6\/ap25344718392764.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/10\/ebd1b792-e9b8-44e4-b293-dd84f471085c\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/11a2d11ff38fdb8ab2887cf79ee26e2a\/ap25344718392764.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This combination of ultraviolet spectrum images shows atmospheric features of the planet Mars in 2022, left, and the planet&#8217;s northern hemisphere in 2023 after Mars had passed the farthest point in its orbit from the Sun, captured by the MAVEN.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NASA\/LASP\/CU Boulder via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maven also has served as a communication relay for NASA&#8217;s two Mars rovers, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mars-rover-curiosity-images-ridges-planet-water-discovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Curiosity<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nasa-mars-rover-ancient-life-signs\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Perseverance<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Engineering investigations are underway, according to NASA.<\/p>\n<h2>What other current spacecraft orbit Mars?<\/h2>\n<p>NASA has two other spacecraft around Mars that are still active: the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-turns-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter<\/a><\/span>, launched in 2005, and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mars-odyssey-orbiter-to-break-space-exploration-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mars Odyssey<\/a><\/span>, launched in 2001.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured unique images on Mars, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mars-teddy-bear-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">including in 2023<\/a><\/span> of Mars craters and cracks creating an image of a teddy bear, and in 2019 when it captured a snapshot of the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/star-trek-on-mars-starfleet-logo-spotted-by-mars-surface-reconnaissance-orbiter-camera\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;Star Trek&#8221; Starfleet logo<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that was created by wind, lava and dunes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter&#8217;s mission is to &#8220;search for evidence that water persisted on the surface of Mars for long periods of time,&#8221; according to NASA.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Mars Odyssey <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mars-volcano-peeking-through-clouds-new-image-arsia-mons\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">captured a dazzling image<\/a><\/span>\u00a0showing an unprecedented view of a 12-mile-high volcano poking through clouds at dawn on the red planet. The Mars Odyssey also holds the record for the longest continually active mission in orbit around a planet other than Earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mars Odyssey&#8217;s mission is to study &#8220;clouds, fog and frost, and mapping surface rocks to make future Mars landings safer,&#8221; according to NASA.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nasa-loses-contact-maven-spacecraft-orbiting-mars\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. 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