Phoenix spacecraft is dead | ||||
The Phoenix is dead | Automatic translation | Updated June 01, 2013 | ||
Phoenix is one of several probes to search for microbial life on Mars. The space probe landed on Mars, July 31, 2008 confirmed the presence of water ice in the North Pole. Analyzes of samples taken at 50 cm depth in permafrost revealed water vapor. WASHINGTON - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased to be issued after a little more than five months of operations, life expectancy was three months. The seasonal decline of the sun does not provide enough light in the Martian arctic robot. Solar panels covered with dust, do not collect enough energy to recharge the batteries that power the Mars lander instruments. Mission engineers have received the latest post on 2 November 2008. | Among the early results, it verified the presence of water ice in the Martian subsurface, including Mars Odyssey had detected the presence, distance for the first time in 2002. Phoenix's cameras have returned more than 25,000 pictures. These pictures show vast panoramas of Mars but also views a small scale, using the first atomic microscope ever used outside Earth. "Phoenix has not only raised the enormous challenge of landing safely, but it has a talented team of scientific analysis for 149 days," said Phoenix Project Manager Barry Goldstein at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. | Image: Martian soil. |