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Phoenix Scrapes To Icy Soil In Wonderland
June 28, 2008 — NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scraped to icy soil in the "Wonderland" area on Thursday, June 26, confirming that surface soil, subsurface soil and icy soil can be sampled at a single ... > full story -
Phoenix Mars Lander Returns Treasure Trove For Science
June 26, 2008 — NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander performed its first wet chemistry experiment on Martian soil flawlessly yesterday, returning a wealth of data that for Phoenix scientists was like winning the ... > full story -
Largest Crater In Solar System Revealed By NASA Spacecraft
June 25, 2008 — New analysis of Mars' terrain using NASA spacecraft observations reveals what appears to be by far the largest impact crater ever found in the solar ... > full story -
Evidence Of Massive Asteroid Impact On Mars Supported By Computer Simulations
June 25, 2008 — The dramatic differences between the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars have puzzled scientists for 30 years. One of the proposed explanations -- a massive asteroid impact -- now has strong ... > full story -
Mars Air Once Had Moisture, New Soil Analysis Says
June 25, 2008 — A new analysis of Martian soil data suggests that there was once enough water in the planet's atmosphere for dew to hit the ground, leaving tell-tale signs of its interaction with the planet's ... > full story -
Phoenix Lander Prepares For Microscopy, Wet Chemistry On Mars
June 24, 2008 — NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has delivered a scoop of Martian soil from the "Snow White" trenches to the optical microscope for analysis tomorrow, June 24, the 29th Martian day of the mission, or Sol ... > full story -
Phoenix Mars Lander Confirms Frozen Water On Red Planet
June 22, 2008 — Scientists relishing confirmation of water ice near the surface beside NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander anticipate even bigger discoveries from the robotic mission in the weeks ... > full story -
Phoenix Mars Lander Inspects Delivered Soil Samples
June 14, 2008 — New observations from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander provide the most magnified view ever seen of Martian soil, showing particles clumping together even at the smallest visible scale. In the past two ... > full story -
NASA's Phoenix Lander Has An Oven Full Of Martian Soil
June 11, 2008 — NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has filled its first oven with Martian soil. The lander's Robotic Arm delivered a partial scoopful of clumpy soil from a trench informally called "Baby Bear" to the number ... > full story -
Technology Enrolled In Hunt For Life On Mars
June 10, 2008 — Scientists looking for evidence of life on Mars have turned to technology invented by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers to help with their mission. A team from NASA's Jet ... > full story
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