Article 64AYF Bye MOM: India's Mars Orbiter Goes Silent After Running Out of Fuel

Bye MOM: India's Mars Orbiter Goes Silent After Running Out of Fuel

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In orbit around Mars since 2014, India's Mangalyaan spacecraft has suddenly gone silent. Mission controllers are no longer able to communicate with the orbiter, which is assumed to have run out of fuel and battery power, but only after long-exceeding its mission lifespan.

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