Launch of Phoenix to Mars Readied

Credit: NASA/JPL CONCEPT
NASA will begin a major new search for life on other planets this week when it launches the $420-million Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Lockheed Martin Phoenix Mars lander. Planned for a predawn liftoff Aug. 3 on a Delta II, Phoenix is the first mission since the Viking landers 30 years ago to carry...

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