Final Attempts to Hear from Mars Phoenix Scheduled

PASADENA, Calif., (NASA) -- From May 17 to 21, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will conduct a fourth and final campaign to check on whether the Phoenix Mars Lander has come back to life.

During that period, Odyssey will listen for a signal from Phoenix during 61 flights over the lander's site on far-northern Mars. The orbiter detected no transmission from the lander in earlier campaigns totaling 150 overflights in January, February and April.



In 2008, Phoenix completed its three-month mis [...]

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