NASA's Phoenix lander poised for launch

The NASA Phoenix Mars lander, carrying the most ambitious laboratory hardware ever sent to another planet, is ready for launch early Aug. 4 on a mission to taste Martian water and search for the organic carbon building-blocks of life near the planet's north pole. With advanced technology from the U...

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