Phoenix lander reaches white layer under Martian soil
The robotic arm on the Phoenix Mars lander is beginning to expose a hard white layer just in front of the spacecraft, providing additional evidence that the high-priority water ice the mission was launched to study is within easy reach. Imagery taken shortly after landing July 25 showed two large...
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