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NASA ends MAVEN mission after Mars orbiter falls silent

Generally, no spacecraft get tours going into the sunset! A single signal and it goes silent once again. By virtue of an ...
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The Mars Pathfinder lander touched down - or bounced down - on 4 July 1997, becoming the first human mission to reach the Martian Surface since the Viking lander of 1976. The Sojourner is the first ...