A dust storm and the onset of Martian winter have brought the Phoenix Mars Lander's mission to an end, NASA announced Monday.


The lander's solar panel and robotic arm with a sample in its scoop are seen in this June 2008 image.

1 of 2 "We are actually ceasing operations, declaring an end to mission operations at this point," project manager Barry Goldstein with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory told reporters in a teleconference.

Originally posted by HunkaHunka
reply to post by pluckynoonez

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About what? The Youtube doesn't seem to be playing.

NEver mind... I just had to wait a while....


:-)

[edit on 21-11-2008 by HunkaHunka]