There is still no word on the fate of the European Space Agency's Mars lander, Schiaparelli.
The robot was supposed to have touched down on the Red Planet at 1458 GMT (1558 BST), but radio contact was lost in the minute before this time.
It was hoped that a satellite at Mars might have tracked the full descent, but it was unable to add any further insight.
This will likely stoke fears that Schiaparelli has been lost.
But the European Space Agency (Esa) will not be rushed to judgement.
It will wait on further information from yet more satellites at the Red Planet.
They may have detected something missed by the first orbiter, known as Mars Express.
Esa does have something to celebrate now, however. It has received confirmation from Schiaparelli's "mothership", the Trace Gas Orbiter, that it has successfully parked itself above the planet.
In the coming years, this spacecraft will study the atmosphere of Earth's near neighbour.
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