Comments on: Phoenix Lander Working Hard Before Summer's End on Mars

By: Steven

Steven — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:24:18 +0000

Orbits – should be 'Orbiters'

By: Steven

Steven — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:23:44 +0000

One of the orbits might be able to get some shots of the area as dry ice covers it.

By: quantum_flux

quantum_flux — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:15:29 +0000

By: Feenixx

Feenixx — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:03:12 +0000

@neil: it won't – the power will go down, and eventually it will become covered in dry ice (CO2).
It's programming includes a "Lazarus Mode". Once the winter (twice as long as on Earth) is over, if it's still "alive", it'll check in with Mission Control for possible further instructions

By: neil

neil — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:17:18 +0000

will the lander continue to have enough power as winter sets in to observe co2 ice build up?