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NASA’s Psyche probe swung past Mars at 2,864 miles, stealing a 1,000-mph boost on its way to a metal asteroid thought to be a dead planet’s core

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft swept within 2,864 miles of Mars on May 15, 2026, grabbing a roughly 1,000-mph speed boost that bent ...

NASA announces end of long-operating Mars probe's mission

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - NASA announced on Tuesday the end of the mission of its MAVEN spacecraft, which ...

NASA's Mars MAVEN Probe Is Dead

NASA has declared that the MAVEN mission has ended after losing contact with its probe six months ago.
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NASA confirms MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after loss of signal 'anomaly' behind Mars

NASA has confirmed its MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after losing contact with the probe in December. An anomaly in the ...
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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft uses Mars as a giant slingshot toward a mysterious metal world

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft just used Mars as a giant gravitational slingshot to continue its journey toward a strange metal rich asteroid. The close flyby boosted the spacecraft’s speed by about 1,000 ...

NASA spacecraft to fly past Mars this week, on voyage to rare metal asteroid

A NASA spacecraft headed toward the asteroid belt will fly past Mars on Friday, aiming to get a boost from the planet's gravitational field and save some of the propellant it needs to complete the ...

After 11 years at Mars, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft was in excellent shape when it disappeared behind Mars on December 6 of last year. The routine ...
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A nuclear spacecraft is being built for Mars - then NASA wants it ready by the 2028 launch window

NASA is developing Space Reactor 1, a nuclear electric spacecraft designed to move cargo toward Mars with far greater ...
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Like 'the loss of a loved one': NASA's Mars orbiter MAVEN is officially dead after months of radio silence

NASA has declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after Red Planet anomaly led to months of lost contact.

NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence

NASA's Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead after six months of radio silence ...
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NASA Officially Ends the MAVEN Mission Months After Losing Contact With the Mars Orbiter

The agency last heard from the spacecraft on December 6. Recovered fragmentary data suggest that MAVEN was spinning ...