NASA just rescued its Mars probe from verge of 'death'; agency explains averted crisis - Republic World

NASA's Mars orbiter MAVEN was launched in 2013 to explore the red planet's upper atmosphere and ionosphere and find out how it lost its atmosphere.

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, which has served as NASA's eyes and ears around Mars since 2014 was rescued from a major "existential crisis", as the agency puts it. The orbiter… [+2356 chars]

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