The Latest Breaking News from Mars

Elon Musk’s wants to send a million people to Mars as part of the future of SpaceX

‘We do not want humans to have the same fate as dinosaurs,’ IPO filing states

The Independent UK · Jun 4

Meteorite found in Sahara desert may be 1st evidence of lost solar system world

A rare meteorite recovered from the Sahara Desert contains evidence of a long-lost moon-size world that existed just a few million years after the solar system formed.

Space · Jun 4

SpaceX Share Price Set at $135? Historic $75 Billion IPO Plans Revealed — Musk's Fortune Could Hit $1 Trillion

Elon Musk plans a $75 billion IPO for SpaceX, with a fixed price of $135 per share. The move aims to fund space travel and AI investments, despite SpaceX's current financial losses.

International Business Times UK · Jun 4

NASA ends MAVEN mission after Mars orbiter falls silent

NASA said on Wednesday it will end its mission studying Mars' atmosphere and evolution after losing contact with its MAVEN spacecraft for six months. MAVEN, which entered Martian orbit in 2014, was designed for a one- to two-year mission but operated for more than a decade before falling silent in…

France 24 · Jun 3

SpaceX eyes $75 billion IPO, valuing company at $1.77 trillion

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company, said on Wednesday it plans to raise about $75 billion in an initial public offering, valuing the company at $1.765 trillion. The company will offer 555.6 million shares at $135 each, surpassing Saudi Aramco’s record $25.6 billion IPO in 2019.

France 24 · Jun 3

SpaceX reveals its share price and record valuation: 555.6 million shares at $135 apiece, at a $1.77 trillion valuation

The SpaceX filing starts the timer on a hot IPO summer complete with two other highly anticipated IPOs: Anthropic and OpenAI.

Fortune · Jun 3

'In an unrecoverable state': NASA confirms MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after loss of signal behind Mars

NASA has confirmed its MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after losing contact with the probe in December. An anomaly in the probe's rotation speed led to an unexpected loss of power, though the exact cause remains unknown.

LiveScience · Jun 3

Like 'the loss of a loved one': NASA's Mars orbiter MAVEN is officially dead after months of radio silence

NASA has declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after Red Planet anomaly led to months of lost contact.

Space · Jun 3

NASA declares Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence

NASA's Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars has been declared lost. The mission ended after more than ten years of studying the red planet's atmosphere. The spacecraft went silent in December after entering a fast spin. This disrupted its orbit and depleted its batteries. A NASA review board found the spacecraft unrecoverable.…

The Economic Times · Jun 3

NASA’s Maven spacecraft declared dead after mysteriously ceasing communications

Nasa confirmed Wednesday that the mission, which launched in 2013, had concluded

The Independent UK · Jun 3