NASA regains contact with Mars spacecraft
October 31, 2008
In this image provided by NASA the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander took this image underneath the Phoenix Lander 97 Sols after touchdown on Sept. 1, 2008. The view in this image is southward with illumination from the early morning sun above the northeastern horizon. NASA's Phoenix Mars spacecraft regained contact with Earth more than a day after falling silent, but its days operating on the red planet are still numbered, mission managers said Thursday Oct. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA)
(AP) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars spacecraft regained contact with Earth more than a day after falling silent, but its days operating on the red planet are still numbered, mission managers said Thursday.
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