Coming in third was the solar-powered Phoenix lander, which generated around 1,800 ... have hurt the spacecraft's ability to get enough power from its solar arrays, and landing near rocks could ...

a science team member for Phoenix and HiRISE. This ice has the potential to bury the lander’s solar panels or even break them, rendering them unable to supply power to the lander. Jet Propulsion ...

The lander will now be left to the Martian elements. Storms may clear dust from the remaining solar arrays, Goldstein added, but with Phoenix's parts broken, there is no hope that power will be ...

The Phoenix Lander over the weekend successfully weathered a regional dust storm that temporarily lowered its solar power, and the team is back investigating the Red Planet's northern plains.

PASADENA, California -- The Phoenix Lander has successfully ... panels have deployed fully. Without the solar panels the lander would have run out of power within a few hours.

NEW YORK — NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander weathered its first dust storm on the red planet Oct. 11-12, though the dust did lower the amount of solar power available for the lander and put the ...

The new photos of Phoenix, sent by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, indicate that the lander has suffered severe ice damage to at least one of its solar panels, NASA officials said Monday.