NASA declares MAVEN, its Mars atmosphere orbiter, dead

Its loss also strains the aging satellite network that relays data from rovers

NASA's MAVEN orbiter crosses in front of Mars, its twin solar panels spread wide against a star field.

NASA’s MAVEN orbiter (illustrated) studied Mars’ atmosphere for 11 years, finding evidence that the Red Planet lost much of its ancient water to space.

Goddard/NASA, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics/Univ. of Colorado

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