Well -- It's Probably Time For NASA To Officially Declare The Mars MAVEN Mission... At End Of Life.

I think the time -- for reconnecting -- has come. . . and gone.

I am not happy about it, but the craft served admirably, for well over a decade.

If it is in fact tumbling erratically, its solar panels have been unable to completely charge the spacecraft's batteries.

That state of affairs has been true -- since about December 6, 2025.

Two months of drain on the batteries is probably beyond its ability to recover and send a signal home, by radio. Thus -- "travel well, but travel light, oh Maven."

Onward, resolutely.

नमस्ते