The Phoenix, NASA's Mars lander, was launched August 4, 2007. It landed on the Red Planet May 25, 2008 to search for microbial life and and to research the history of water. Phoenix was the first successful landing in Mars' polar region.
It completed its mission in August 2008 and made one last communication November 2, as the Martian winter approached. Subsequent attempts to contact the lander via the Mars Odyssey orbiter failed and the mission concluded on May 12, 2010.
The mission was considered to be successful since it completed all its tasks.
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