NASA TV Live: Phoenix Mars Lander Arrives Today

[Astronuc]

So they will never be able to get the samples? Or did they get enough data out of it that it can't be rendered a failed mission?

The samples were analyzed on Mars. The goal was not to retrieve the samples from Mars and send to earth.

 

[LightbulbSun]

The samples were analyzed on Mars. The goal was not to retrieve the samples from Mars and send to earth.

So they got enough data out of it?

 

[Astronuc]

So they got enough data out of it?

I'm sure they would have liked to get more.

However - Mars Phoenix Lander Finishes Successful Work on Red Planet - 11.10.08
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20081110.html

AFAIK - the rovers are still going.

Dust Storm Cuts Energy Supply of NASA Mars Rover Spirit
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/news/mer-20081110.html

and Cassini is still sending us breathtaking views of Saturn and its rings and moons.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html

 

[DaveC426913]

Dust Storm Cuts Energy Supply of NASA Mars Rover Spirit
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/news/mer-20081110.html

"...in their nearly five years on Mars..."

Five years? They've been going five years now? Awesome.