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Nine months ago, NASA’s Phoenix probe blasted off for Mars with an unprecedented mission to sample water on another world.

Before that can happen, however, the space agency faces a formidable challenge: landing.

The odds are not great. Historically, 55 percent of all attempts to land on Mars have failed and the method being used for the touchdown of the Phoenix spacecraft on May 25 hasn’t been attempted in 32 years.

Telephony software Skype Technologies, provider has launched a new subscription plan no secret that the cost of a single, for the monthly package of international repute to numbers in the fixed network in 34 countries, the company , on Monday.

Companies based in Luxembourg new plan is not a long-term contract. Subscribers can choose between three types of plans and a subscription, you can more than 33 percent for 3 months or 12 months the period prior to 1 June 2008.

Unlimited calls to the fixed network and mobile phones in the United States and Canada are $ 2.95 per month for unlimited calls in the fixed network in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, $ 5.95 per month and calls unlimited in the fixed network in 34 countries $ 9.95 per month.

The company’s peer-to-peer software for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Pocket PC provides platforms free Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls and instant messages.