Phoenix Scrapes To Icy Soil In Wonderland(June 29, 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 ... > read more
Antarctic Expedition Prepared Researchers For Mars Project(Feb. 10, 2009) About half a year before the robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander began digging into soil and subsurface ice of an arctic plain of Mars, six scientists traveled to one of the coldest, driest ... > read more
Phoenix Lander Prepares For Microscopy, Wet Chemistry On Mars(June 25, 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 ... > read more
Liquid Saltwater Is Likely Present On Mars, New Analysis Shows(Mar. 20, 2009) Salty, liquid water has been detected on a leg of the Mars Phoenix Lander and therefore could be present at other locations on the planet, according to analysis by a group of mission scientists. This ... > read more
Virologists investigating transmission of the flu virus found that it is more likely to spread at colder temperatures. The dry, cold conditions pull. ... > full story