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So long, Surveyor

By Ron Cowen

- More than 2 years ago

After 8 years of relaying pictures, topographic maps, magnetic field data, and compositional information from above the Red Planet, NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft appears to have called it quits.

RED DEATH. NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft hasn’t been heard from since Nov. 2 and is presumed dead. JPL/NASA

The satellite hasn’t been heard from since Nov.