The Phoenix
Built from the remains of 2 missions gone bad. The Phoenix will make an attempt to land inthe Northern region of Mars. The BBC has a great animation on the complex landing sequence with a nice summation of the missionUpdate: 19:00
A successful landing!
The Mars Phoenix lander touched down late on Sunday GMT in the far north of the Red Planet, after a 680-million-km (423-million-mile) journey from Earth.
The probe is equipped with a robotic arm to dig for water ice thought to be buried beneath the surface.
Scientists say the mission should give the clearest indication yet of whether the planet could once have harboured primitive life.
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posted by Liberty @ 7:59 AM
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