{"id":481202,"date":"2026-06-03T16:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481202\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:18:09","slug":"lost-in-space-nasas-mars-probe-maven-declared-dead-after-months-of-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481202\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost in space: Nasa\u2019s Mars probe Maven declared dead after months of silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nasa\u2019s Maven spacecraft has been declared dead after six months of radio silence.<\/p>\n<p>The space agency confirmed on Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations of Mars.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2013 to study the red planet\u2019s atmosphere from orbit, Maven mysteriously fell silent in early December after passing behind Mars.<\/p>\n<p>Data indicated the spacecraft went into a fast spin, which disrupted its orbit and drained the onboard batteries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"161\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lost-in-space-nasa-s-mars-probe-maven-declared-dead-after-months-of-silence.jpg\" alt=\"Mars-Maven Spacecraft\" data-title=\"Mars-Maven Spacecraft\" data-copyright-holder=\"AP\" data-copyright-notice=\"\" data-credit=\"Uncredited\" data-usage-terms=\"This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required. Handout \u2013 Government Produced\"\/>Photos of Mars taken by Nasa\u2019s Maven spacecraft (Nasa\/AP)\n<\/p>\n<p>A review board convened by Nasa earlier this year concluded the spacecraft is useless and unable to be recovered.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation continues into what caused the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Besides studying Martian weather and observing a stray interstellar comet last year, Maven helped relay information from Nasa\u2019s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers on the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Maven\u2019s lead scientist, Shannon Curry of the University of Colorado Boulder, said the spacecraft made a number of \u201camazing discoveries\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Maven \u201chas truly advanced our understanding of the Martian atmosphere and evolution\u201d, she said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nasa\u2019s Maven spacecraft has been declared dead after six months of radio silence. The space agency confirmed on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[61,60,82],"class_list":["post-481202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}