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NASA to Check for Unlikely Winter Survival of Mars Lander
Beginning Jan. 18, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will listen for possible, though improbable, radio transmissions from the Phoenix Mars Lander, which completed five months of studying an arctic Martian site in November 2008.
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Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen in Winter Images
Winter images of NASA's Phoenix Lander showing the lander shrouded in dry-ice frost on Mars have been captured with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE camera, aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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NASA Phoenix Results Point to Martian Climate Cycles
Nutrients and episodes with thin films of water during long-term climate cycles may sometimes make arctic Mars a favorable environment for microbes.
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NASA Receives Shorty Twitter Award
NASA's activities in social networking media will be recognized Wednesday in New York, when the agency receives an award for its presence on the popular Web site Twitter.
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NASA Finishes Listening for Phoenix Mars Lander
After 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 the lander and listen for its beep.
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January Listening Period Ends with No Word from Phoenix Mars Lander
01.21.10 - NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has completed all 30 relay overflights of the Phoenix landing site that were scheduled for Jan. 18 to 21, and heard nothing from the lander.
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NASA Orbiter Listening for Phoenix Lander Hears Nothing
01.20.10 - NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has completed 11 overflights, listening for the Phoenix Mars Lander on Jan. 19 and 20, without hearing anything from the lander.
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Award to Recognize Phoenix Mars Lander Team
02.19.09 - The team that developed and operated NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission will receive the 2009 John L. "Jack" Swigert Award for Space Exploration from the Space Foundation.