Phoenix Mars Lander Readied for Launch

Credit: PAT CORKERY/LOCKHEED MARTIN
he NASA Phoenix Mars lander, carrying the most ambitious laboratory hardware ever sent to another planet, is ready for launch on a mission to taste Martian water and search for the organic carbon building-blocks of life near the planet’s north pole. The spacecraft’s nearly 8-ft.-long robotic arm...

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