NASA’s Mars orbiter fleet is getting old – here’s how that could affect future exploration

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by MIT News (research) / Quanta / The Conversation at 19 Oct, 12:35 UTC

NASA lost contact with its Maven spacecraft – the youngest of its Mars orbiters – at the end of 2025. The others in its fleet are over two decades old.

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• T1NASA’s Mars orbiter fleet is getting old – here’s how that could affect future explorationMIT News (research) / Quanta / The Conversation19 Oct, 12:35