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flag NASA seeks to revive MAVEN, lost since Dec. 6, 2025, due to suspected spin; recovery efforts paused until Jan. 16, 2026.

flag NASA is working to regain contact with the MAVEN spacecraft, which lost communication on December 6, 2025, after emerging from behind Mars. flag Mission controllers suspect the probe began spinning unexpectedly, based on a brief data fragment, but no further signals have been received. flag Efforts are on hold due to a solar communications blackout, which ends January 16, 2026. flag Launched in 2013, MAVEN exceeded its planned two-year mission, studying Mars’ atmosphere and supporting surface rovers. flag It remains one of three active NASA orbiters at Mars, but recovery appears unlikely given the lack of signals and abnormal behavior.

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