Phoenix Ready To Dig for Clues to Life

Credit: NASA JPL/UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
The Phoenix Mars lander’s powerful arm and complex mini-labs are being readied for digging and analysis of soil and water-ice samples near the Martian North Pole after an action-packed landing May 25 that opens a new chapter in high-payoff robotic exploration of the red planet. The U.S. now operates...

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