NASA has announced the conclusion of its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission after losing contact with the orbiter for nearly six months. The spacecraft, which was designed to study Mars' upper atmosphere, went silent after a safe mode activation caused by a fast spin and drained batteries. Despite normal operations before its December 2022 passage behind Mars, NASA's Deep Space Network could not re-establish contact with MAVEN. The agency has initiated the decommissioning process, archiving the mission's data for future scientific use. MAVEN, launched in November 2013, significantly advanced understanding of Mars' atmospheric loss and its implications for climate and habitability. It directly observed the atmospheric escape process known as sputtering and provided insights into solar interactions and atmospheric phenomena on Mars. A review board is expected to investigate the cause of MAVEN's failure and provide a final report later this year.