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Phoenix Lander
By Scott | November 10, 2008
The Phoenix Lander recently stopped communicating with Earth (no contact since Nov. 2), ending it’s 6 month mission on Mars. This is the lander with the shovel that dug a deep hole in the surface of Mars, looking for evidence of water. It verified the existence of water-ice under the surface, which is what the whole mission was designed to do! This means two things as I see it: 1) life may have existed on Mars a long time ago, and 2) we won’t have to pack all of our own water when we go.
By the way, the Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, are still working, nearly five years after landing on Mars! National Geographic has a great website built that is full of info about the rovers: Five Years on Mars.
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