Will NASA be able to restore communication with MAVEN Mars orbiter?

A Mars spacecraft has now been AWOL for more than a month. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact with the MAVEN ...
Live Science

NASA's Mars Sample Return is dead, leaving China to retrieve signs of life from the Red Planet

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...
Space.com on MSN

After a month of no answer, NASA will try hailing its silent MAVEN Mars orbiter today

MAVEN has remained silent since Dec. 6 despite repeated attempts to contact it, according to NASA. As part of the recovery ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

NASA to Resume Search for Missing Mars Orbiter, But Prospects of Re-establishing Communication With It Seem Slim

Scientists haven't heard from the MAVEN orbiter since December 6. It had been studying the Martian atmosphere for over a ...
Space on MSN

NASA's Perseverance rover spots Mars helicopter Ingenuity that flew for the 72nd and final flight

The NASA Perseverance rover's left Mastcam-Z camera captured an image of Mars helicopter Ingenuity. The little Red Planet ...
CNET

A Postcard From Mars: NASA's Curiosity Rover Sends Beautiful Mount Sharp Panorama

Curiosity took the images in the morning and the evening to show what light looks like during different parts of the day.
Space.com on MSN

Live long and loiter: Why NASA's ESCAPADE probes will wait a year in space before heading to Mars

"How do you get to Mars when the launch vehicle is not necessarily going to Mars?" ...
Earth.com

ESA and NASA join forces to explore Mars like never before

NASA joins ESA's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission to Mars, guaranteeing launch in 2028 to search for life on the Red ...
Futurism

NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Spinning Helplessly After Signal Lost

Last week, NASA revealed that it had lost the signal from its MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft, one of just seven Earthly probes currently orbiting Mars. The agency failed to ...
Futurism

NASA Now Letting Mars Rover Drive Autonomously

Think self-driving cars are impressive? Try a self-driving rover on a planet over a hundred million miles away. On Wednesday, NASA announced that its Mars Perseverance rover had pulled off a stunning ...
BGR

NASA's Perseverance Rover Might Have Discovered Something Alien On Mars

The Mars Perseverance rover has been investigating the Jezero Crater and came across something that is not native to Mars at all. It is a meteorite that collided with the red planet. Though various ...
Ars Technica

NASA will soon find out if the Perseverance rover can really persevere on Mars

When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take aim on the red planet would be taking shape by now. At the time, the leaders ...