NASA Lost Contact With a Mars Orbiter After 11 Years

NASA tried to spot the MAVEN orbiter from Mars using Curiosity’s Mastcam — but it came up empty .

With Mars solar conjunction starting Dec. 29, all Mars missions will go quiet as the Sun blocks communications until Jan. 16. Once it’s over, NASA will resume efforts to reconnect with MAVEN.

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