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NASA's loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter on the far side of the Red Planet

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) is one of only three NASA missions currently in operation around Mars, and one ...

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars ...
ExtremeTech

NASA Eyes $700 Million Mars Communication Satellite Ahead of Future Manned Missions

NASA has announced plans to procure a new communications satellite that would orbit Mars and transmit data to and from the Red Planet. The proposed price tag is $700 million, representing close to 4% ...
Orlando Sentinel

Mars-bound satellites arrive to KSC ahead of Blue Origin launch

A pair of Mars-bound satellites are back at Kennedy Space Center a year after NASA bowed out of its chance to be part of the debut launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn. The satellites for the Escape and ...
Earth.com

NASA's newest mission hopes to learn how and why Mars became a dead planet

NASA is sending two spacecraft to Mars on their new ESCAPADE mission to reveal how space weather robbed it of its atmosphere and turned it dry ...
The Spokesman-Review

Blue Origin eyes 2nd New Glenn launch with Mars-bound NASA satellites

ORLANDO, Fla. – Blue Origin’s heavy lift New Glenn became the first commercial rocket to make it to orbit on its first try back in January. Jeff Bezos’ company is looking to repeat the feat while also ...