Phoenix, with its solar-electric power shrinking due to shorter daylight hours and a dust storm, did not respond to an orbiter's attempt to communicate with it Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
NASA'S Phoenix Mars Lander entered safe mode late yesterday in response to a low-power fault brought on by deteriorating weather conditions.
Phoenix's Time* on Mars:
An audio recording and images from the August 5, 2008, media telecon.
Animation and mission control video from Mars Phoenix landing day May 25, 2008.
› View This VideoThis artist's animation of an imaginary camera zooming in from above shows the location of the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.