WASHINGTON, December 20 (ANI/WAM): The US space agency NASA has lost contact with the Mars probe Maven and is working to re-establish communications, a NASA spokeswoman told the German news agency DPA.
No regular data have been received from the spacecraft for about two weeks. A brief signal fragment suggests that the probe may have rotated in an unexpected manner.
Launched in late 2013, Maven has been orbiting Mars for nearly a decade and has provided critical scientific data, particularly on the planet’s atmosphere.
NASA continues to operate other missions at Mars, including the Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter probes, as well as the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers on the planet’s surface.
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