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Phoenix fades away

Mars lander scrapes up its last samples.

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For an online slideshow of pictures taken by Phoenix, see http://tinyurl.com/6a3vkt See also Correspondence: Finding of unusual soil on Mars could stem from tools used

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Hand, E. Phoenix fades away. Nature 456, 8–9 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/456008a

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