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NASA Concludes Decade-Long Mars Mission After Spacecraft Loss
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NASA has declared the Maven spacecraft, which had been orbiting Mars for over a decade, inoperative after six months of communication loss. The agency confirmed that the mission is concluded.
The science MAVEN has given us is key to informing what kind of radiation protection and safety measures we must take before sending humans to Mars.
The team really did experience the loss of a loved one with the end of the mission here.
We now have a better understanding of atmospheric escape at Mars than at any other planet, including Earth, and consequently Mars serves as an incredible natural laboratory for understanding rocky planet atmosphere.
The team is certainly broken up about this, but at the same time we are incredibly proud of the science we've accomplished over the last decade.
