Phoenix Mars Lander won't rise again

Monday, May 24, 2010 - 23:01 in Astronomy & Space

New images taken by the Mars orbiter show the lander badly damaged and missing its power source. But the lander, whose last transmission was in 2008, survived twice as long as expected. NASA and JPL said Monday they were formally closing down the Phoenix Mars Lander program after repeated attempts to contact the craft failed and new images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter...

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