Shannon Curry
Coverage of Shannon Curry in the Nexus archive.
- NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence
NASA has declared the Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence, ending its over-decade mission to study Mars' atmosphere. The spacecraft, which relayed data for rovers like Curiosity and Perseverance, will remain in orbit for 50-100 years before crashing into Mars.
- NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence
NASA has declared the Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of radio silence, ending a mission that studied Mars' atmosphere for over a decade. The spacecraft fell silent in December after entering a spin that drained its batteries, and a review board confirmed it is unrecoverable. Maven previously relayed data from the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers and contributed to understanding Martian atmospheric evolution.