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After 11 years at Mars, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper
“I think the team has really experienced the loss of a loved one with the end of the mission. ” NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft was in excellent shape when it disappeared behind Mars on December 6 of last year.
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“I think the team has really experienced the loss of a loved one with the end of the mission.” NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft was in excellent shape when it disappeared behind Mars on December 6 of last year. The routine passage, called an occultation, was supposed to last less than an hour, but ground teams didn’t hear from the spacecraft when it was supposed to regain contact with Earth.
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