Martian ice sample test set amid instrument concerns

The Phoenix lander’s search for organic evidence of past or present life on Mars will begin in earnest around July 7 as the spacecraft’s organic chemistry instrument is fed a sample of 100 percent water ice. The Phoenix team also wants to do ice sampling as early as possible in the event an...

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