By Mike
NASA announced today communications from the Phoenix Mars Lander have ceased. The expected power drain on the spacecraft amid the onset of Martian winter has finally signaled the end of a very successful mission. There’s just not enough sunlight to recharge the batteries.
The good news; NASA got more than the anticipated amount of scientific data. More than 25,000 pictures, soil analysis and detailed weather observations from 152 days on Mars contributed to years of scientific data received by project teams for NASA, JPL and the University of Arizona.
So far scientists have discovered small concentrations of salts, a mildly alkaline [...]
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