[meteorite-list] Mars Phoenix Lander Finishes Successful Work on Red Planet

[Darren Garrison]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:40:21 -0800 (PST), you wrote:


>WASHINGTON -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications 

>after operating for more than five months. As anticipated, seasonal 

>decline in sunshine at the robot's arctic landing site is not 

>providing enough sunlight for the solar arrays to collect the power 

>necessary to charge batteries that operate the lander's instruments. 


Then there was an odd thermal reading, and suddenly communications resumed!