The Phoenix lander has sent back new pictures from the arctic circle of Mars, showing for the first time the spot where it will dig through the Red Planet’s dusty surface looking for water and assess conditions for life.
It landed at the edge of a massive crater so large that it could fit 11 Wembley stadiums inside it. The half-ton craft – the size of a small pick-up truck – will scoop up samples of frozen soil from near the six-mile wide crater for analysis by its instruments. Read the rest of this entry »
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