Fast-Track Phoenix Mars Ice Test
Credit: NASA/JPL/UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IMAGE MOSAICED AND COLOR-CODED FOR AW&ST BY KENNETH KREMER AND MARCO DI LORENZO
The Phoenix lander’s search for Martian life evidence will begin in earnest this week as the spacecraft’s organic chemistry instrument is fed a sample of 100% water ice. The mission team also wants to do ice sampling as early as possible, in the event an electrical short in the device prematurely...
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