No Hope Phoenix Lander Will Rise Again

　　The Phoenix Mars Lander touched down near Marss north pole on May 25, 2008. The stationary craft reported on polar conditions for five months.

　　Although Phoenix was never designed to withstand Martian winter, it was programed with an energy-saving Lazarus mode. Scientists had hoped the craft might be able to maintain enough power to reawaken when sunlight returned in the spring.

　　The lander was last heard from in November 2008, when winter set in and the sun fell too low in the sky to power the crafts electronics.

　　NASA started a listening campaign when spring arrived on Mars in January 2010. Another orbiter, Mars Odyssey, periodically flew over the landers location and tuned in to any potential radio communications.

　　But during all four flybys, Phoenix stayed silent.

　　The new picture is the final nail in the coffin: Most likely, carbon dioxide froze out of the Martian atmosphere during the harsh polar winter. The sheer weight broke the solar panel, depriving Phoenix of its ability to collect enough sunlight to stay alive, Goldstein said.

　　In its time on Mars, the lander made several important finds, including verification that

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