Hubble Space Telescope and MAVEN mission have been used to help unravel the mystery of Mars' escaping water. Credit: NASA ...

A robotic explorer called Maven is due to blast off Monday on a 10-month journey to Mars. It will orbit the planet, studying its atmosphere in an effort to learn why a planet once warm and wet went ...

NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) orbiter has been a cornerstone of Mars exploration for over a decade. However, after an unexpected communication blackout that lasted for more ...

A Mars spacecraft that has been orbiting the red planet for more than a decade has now been AWOL for more than a month. NASA first lost contact with its MAVEN orbiter at the beginning of December.

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The NASA Maven spacecraft is expected to complete a 10-month voyage to Mars on Sunday. Once in orbit, NASA scientists will gather information about the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Information that will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Mars spacecraft that has been orbiting the red planet for more than a decade has now been AWOL for more than a month. NASA first ...