Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Phoenix Lander goes silent

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html

Well, looks like the Phoenix rover has died due to the harsh Martian winter, just as was predicted. NASA knew they only had a small window with which to actually use the rover before winter set in and cut off the lander's solar power source, and today they issued a statement declaring the mission officially over.

Maybe next summer the rover will again become functional, but that is highly unlikely to happen.

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