Mars Odyssey now prime communicator with lander

Freeing its robotic arm from launch restraints was Wednesday's main task for the Phoenix lander, a day after communications snags prevented commands from reaching the spacecraft. Officials decided that Mars Odyssey will handle the information relay duties while engineers sort out the radio trouble on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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