MAVEN probe orbiting Mars, our neighbor in the solar system, has lost communication link to NASA

NBC news

.com/science/space/NASA-spacecraft-orbiting-mars-may-dead-rcna251379 

ONLINE article 1/3/2026

Communication / re-boot command ineffective since Dec. 6 (4 weeks ago)

NASA will attempt to revive it on Jan. 16 because

Mars and Earth have been on separate orbital sides

of the sun.

It entered Mars orbit in 2014 (the Obama admin.). . .