Phoenix begins critical Mars sampling phase

TUCSON, Ariz – The Phoenix Mars lander’s robotic arm was poised with a load of soil above the spacecraft’s organic chemistry ovens on June 6, ready to drop the sample into instruments to initiate formal science operations at the arctic landing site. The lander is to complete the baking of this...

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