NASA Hearing Daily From Weak Phoenix Mars Lander
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 11:14
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has communicated with controllers daily since Oct. 30 through relays to Mars orbiters. Information received over the weekend indicates Phoenix is running out of power each afternoon or evening but reawakening after its solar arrays catch morning sunlight.