The Red Planet has reached solar conjunction as its orbit takes it to the far side of the sun and out of sight. NASA s Mars robots are on their own until Nov. 25.
Mars fleet will endure a complete radio blackout today as the red planet drifts behind the sun from Earth s point of view and reaches its farthest point.
Mars will disappear from the sky for a few weeks on Saturday (Nov. 18), moving to the opposite side of the sun as seen from Earth during the Red Planet’s period of solar conjunction.