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fromArs Technica
20 hours ago

One Mars spacecraft, two senators, and a cloud of questions

NASA seeks a $700 million Mars communications relay spacecraft via a full and open competition, but procurement wording raises concerns about constrained eligibility and potential controversy.
US politics
fromArs Technica
3 months ago

NASA faces a crucial choice on a Mars spacecraft-and it must decide soon

NASA must choose a new Mars communications relay after MAVEN's loss; Congress allocated $700 million, with bill language appearing to favor specific companies.
fromTheregister
4 months ago

NASA tries Mars rover's Mastcam to work out where MAVEN is

The agency last heard from the MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) orbiter on December 6, and the last fragment of tracking data recovered by engineers indicated that the probe was tumbling and that its orbit trajectory might have changed. The latter point is highly significant - if any engineers can't work out where the spacecraft is, contacting it is highly challenging, either from Earth or using one of the other Mars orbiters or rovers.
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