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Instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander included the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer, right, which analyzed the atmosphere, as well as soil samples.NASA Data Shed New Light About Water and Volcanoes on Mars
Data from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest liquid water has interacted with the Martian surface throughout the planet's history and into modern times.
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Artist concept of NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. Image credit: NASA/JPLMissing Piece Inspires New Look at Mars Puzzle
Experiments prompted by a 2008 surprise from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest that soil examined by NASA's Viking Mars landers in 1976 may have contained carbon-based chemical building blocks of life.
+ Read more (September 03)
   
   
The Phoenix Mars Lander in 2008 (left) and 2010 (right)Phoenix Mars Lander is Silent, New Image Shows Damage
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after repeated, unsuccessful attempts to contact the lander, and a new orbiter image shows signs of ice damage to Phoenix.
+ Read more (May 24)
   
   
Artist concept of NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiterFinal Attempts to Hear from Mars Phoenix Scheduled
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.
+ Read more (May 13)
   
   
Artist concept of NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiterNo Peep from Phoenix in Third Odyssey Listening Stint
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter heard no signal from the Phoenix Mars Lander when it listened from orbit while passing over Phoenix 60 times last week.
+ Read more (April 13)
   

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