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Published online 7 September 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050905-10
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Martian methane probe in trouble
Device may be unable to settle debate over indications of life
One of the best chances for solving Mars's methane mystery may have been lost. The Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) on board the Mars Express orbiter seems to be broken, perhaps for good.
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