At the beginning of this month, the US “Mars Atmosphere and Volatiles Evolution Mission” probe lost contact with the ground team. NASA said on the 15th that it is still trying to contact the probe. According to information released by NASA, no telemetry data from this probe has been received since December 4. The probe's mission team recovered a small portion of telemetry data from December 6 through cooperation with NASA's “Deep Space Network” communication system. Analysis of this data shows that when the probe orbits the back of Mars, it rotates unexpectedly. Further analysis of the data revealed that the probe's trajectory may have changed. The mission team will continue to analyze the tracking data to understand why the signal was lost. NASA said that the probe's telemetry data showed that all subsystems were operating normally before it orbited Mars to the back of Mars. However, after the probe orbited the back of Mars, the “deep space network” system was no longer able to detect its signal. NASA also said that efforts are currently being made to reduce the impact of the probe's anomalies on the “Perseverance” and “Curious” rovers in service. Four Mars rovers, including this rover, are responsible for relaying communication signals between these two rovers. Currently, the remaining 3 are still operating normally.

At the beginning of this month, the US “Mars Atmosphere and Volatiles Evolution Mission” probe lost contact with the ground team. NASA said on the 15th that it is still trying to contact the probe. According to information released by NASA, no telemetry data from this probe has been received since December 4. The probe's mission team recovered a small portion of telemetry data from December 6 through cooperation with NASA's “Deep Space Network” communication system. Analysis of this data shows that when the probe orbits the back of Mars, it rotates unexpectedly. Further analysis of the data revealed that the probe's trajectory may have changed. The mission team will continue to analyze the tracking data to understand why the signal was lost. NASA said that the probe's telemetry data showed that all subsystems were operating normally before it orbited Mars to the back of Mars. However, after the probe orbited the back of Mars, the “deep space network” system was no longer able to detect its signal. NASA also said that efforts are currently being made to reduce the impact of the probe's anomalies on the “Perseverance” and “Curious” rovers in service. Four Mars rovers, including this rover, are responsible for relaying communication signals between these two rovers. Currently, the remaining 3 are still operating normally.