According to the National Aerospace Agency of the USA (NASA), made on Thursday, January 21, lost contact with the probe located on Mars Phoenix "(Phoenix), tells ABC News.
NASA experts believe that "Phoenix", located in the Red Planet's north pole, probably frozen.
The orbiter Mars Odyssey over the past three days 30 times flying over the area of landing Phoenix, but to register the signals of the probe, he had not succeeded. According to scientists, the likelihood that Phoenix was able to move the Martian winter, rather small.
Probe Phoenix landed on Mars in May 2008 and worked for five months. Staff conducted research on the Red Planet, in particular, searching for traces of water and other compounds that contribute to the existence of life.
It is reported that NASA will continue to try to establish contact with the probe.