NASA’s Phoenix lander begins digging for secrets

TUCSON, Ariz. – Phoenix Mars lander researchers are poised to begin operations with the spacecraft’s organic chemistry ovens and mini wet cell laboratory, after an excellent initial digging test that proved the lander’s robotic arm is ready to deliver soil to the units. An initial icy soil sample...

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