Nov 21st, 2008 · The Mars Phoenix Lander hasn't transmitted a signal since Nov. 2. With a cold polar winter approaching and declining light levels, the Lander appears to be gone for good. Ira Flatow looks back at the short, but productive, life of the planetary explorer.
Nov 11th, 2008 · NASA has lost contact with the Mars Phoenix probe, and officials say the mission is over. Phoenix landed in the northern polar region of Mars last May. Mission managers knew this day was coming. It's getting to be winter at the Phoenix landing site, and the few hours of daylight aren't enough for the lander's solar panels to recharge the batteries.
Nov 10th, 2008 · The Mars Phoenix probe landed in the northern polar region of Mars last May. Since then, it has been snapping pictures, making weather measurements and doing chemical analysis on the Martian soil. Managers of the mission now say it is dead.
Nov 5th, 2008 · Those who turned out for John McCain's post-election party have expressed a range of emotion, including anger, sadness and disappointment. McCain delivered his concession speech in Phoenix, Arizona. He pledged to do everything in his power to help the new President-elect, and he urged supporters to do the same.
Nov 4th, 2008 · Barack Obama voted in his Chicago neighborhood and then traveled to Indiana for a final, low-key campaign stop. John McCain began the day by voting in Phoenix then headed to Nevada and Colorado for a pair of campaign stops in two hotly contested Western battlegrounds.
Nov 4th, 2008 · John McCain's election night party will be held at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix. Roughly 3,000 invited guests and the media will be there. The lush Frank Lloyd Wright inspired resort was built 79 years ago, and every president since Herbert Hoover has slept there.
Nov 4th, 2008 · Republican presidential hopeful John McCain casts his own ballot Tuesday morning in Phoenix, and then travels to the Rocky Mountain battlegrounds of Colorado and New Mexico to rally supporters and thank volunteers. McCain has scarcely slept since Sunday morning. He campaigned in seven battleground states Monday.
Oct 28th, 2008 · Millions of people are planning not to cast their ballots on election day. Jeff Inglis, managing editor of the Portland Phoenix, says that convincing your friends to vote may be more of a civic triumph than going to the polls yourself.