NASA declares Mars MAVEN spacecraft dead
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Scientists at NASA and the University of Colorado Boulder have said goodbye to a spacecraft that has spent the last 11 years analyzing the atmosphere of Mars and how it became a rocky planet. The federal space agency announced Wednesday it has closed the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (or MAVEN) mission after it lost
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This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. NASA has ended its MAVEN mission after losing contact with the spacecraft after an 11-year exploration of Mars’ atmosphere and climate.
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