NASA declares Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence.
NASA confirmed that its Maven spacecraft mission at Mars has ended after the spacecraft fell silent in early December. The spacecraft launched in 2013 to study the Martian atmosphere and had been operating for over a decade before going into a fast spin that drained its batteries.
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