MAVEN, short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, was a NASA spacecraft launched November 18, 2013 to orbit Mars and study the loss of its atmospheric gases to space, providing insight into the history of the planet's climate and water. The spacecraft lost contact with Earth on December 6, 2025, and NASA officially declared the mission concluded on June 3, 2026 after determining it was not recoverable.
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Mission Type OutcomeMission concluded: contact was lost December 6, 2025, and NASA officially declared the spacecraft dead and the mission ended on June 3, 2026 after determining it was not recoverable. 1 Mission Type
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation- Mission Type (category): Orbiter
- Mission Type: Mars orbiter
- Launch Date: 2013-11-18
- Outcome: Mission concluded: contact was lost December 6, 2025, and NASA officially declared the spacecraft dead and the mission ended on June 3, 2026 after determining it was not recoverable.
2. MAVEN (Wikipedia)
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3 June 2026
MAVEN article, lead section
studied the loss of its atmospheric gases to space, providing insight into the history of the planet's climate and water
MAVEN article, current status section
On 3 June 2026, NASA officially declared the spacecraft dead and its mission concluded
MAVEN article, infobox, Mission type
Mars orbiter
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MAVEN is an inactive NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars that studied the loss of its atmospheric gases to space, providing insight into the history of the planet's climate and water.
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MAVEN is an inactive NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars that studied the loss of its atmospheric gases to space, providing insight into the history of the planet's climate and water.
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MAVEN is an inactive NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars that studied the loss of its atmospheric gases to space, providing insight into the history of the planet's climate and water.
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MAVEN is a completed NASA orbiter probe to Mars, built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems.
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Status Mission Complete (2026)
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Destination Mars
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Both Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Express have detected ionized atmospheric particles trailing off into space behind Mars, and this atmospheric loss is being studied by the MAVEN orbiter.
MAVEN (Wikipedia)
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MAVEN is an inactive NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars that studied the loss of its atmospheric gases to space, providing insight into the history of the planet's climate and water.
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