News articles tagged with 'Phoenix'
Phoenix Mars Lander is silent, new image shows damage
— 25 May 2010 11:40 | AstronomyNASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful. A new image transmitted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows…
Telltale tells story of winds at Mars Phoenix landing site
— 16 Sep 2009 14:56 | AstronomyWind speeds and directions were measured for the first time in the Mars polar region using the Phoenix lander's Telltale instrument. Astronomers recorded Easterly winds of approximately…
Many characteristics of Mars, including ice, are similar to Earth
— 3 Jul 2009 02:00 | AstronomyMars gets as far as 250 million miles away, but many parts of it closely resemble places on Earth, including its landscape, history of water, soil and even its weather, says a Texas…
Research demonstrates potential for liquid water on present-day Mars
— 21 May 2009 13:32 | AstronomyResearchers at the University of Arkansas have shown that salts formed from perchlorates discovered at the Phoenix landing site have the potential to be found in liquid solution under…
Phoenix site on Mars may be in dry climate cycle phase
— 16 Dec 2008 15:02 | AstronomyThe Martian arctic soil that NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander dug into this year is very cold and very dry. However, when long-term climate cycles make the site warmer, the soil may get moist…
NASA finishes listening for Phoenix Mars Lander
— 2 Dec 2008 13:32 | AstronomyAfter nearly a month of daily checks to determine whether Martian NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander would be able to communicate again, the agency has stopped using its Mars orbiters to hail…
Phoenix finishes successful work on Mars
— 11 Nov 2008 18:30 | AstronomyNASA'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…
NASA hearing daily from weak Phoenix
— 4 Nov 2008 17:12 | AstronomyNASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has communicated with controllers daily since 30 October through relays to Mars orbiters. Information received over the weekend indicates Phoenix is running…
Phoenix in safe mode
— 30 Oct 2008 12:16 | AstronomyNASA'S Phoenix Mars Lander entered safe mode late yesterday in response to a low-power fault brought on by deteriorating weather conditions. While engineers anticipated that a fault…
Phoenix finishes soil delivery to onboard labs
— 22 Oct 2008 11:32 | AstronomyNASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has finished scooping soil samples to deliver to its onboard laboratories, and is now preparing to analyse samples already obtained. Scientists are anxious…