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.

NASA officials said the $582 million MAVEN orbiter could not be recovered after a problem on the far side of Mars late last year, and that its extraordinarily successful mission was at an end.

The last time the agency heard from MAVEN was on December 6, 2025, before it suddenly lost signal after passing behind Mars. But NASA didn't quickly give up on the probe and examined its options first.

The NASA spacecraft MAVEN, short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, had been orbiting around the Red Planet since 2014.

NASA's Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead after six months of radio silence. Maven was launched in 2013 to study the red planet's atmosphere. It fell silent in

On Wednesday, NASA officially confirmed what we'd been hoping wasn't true: The MAVEN Mars mission is officially dead. It's not a surprising announcement, since the probe (fully na

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have briefly taken shelter during a repair to fix a new leak

NASA says it has ordered astronauts aboard the International Space Station to take shelter after a new leak was detected