NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing

The landing site chosen for NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander is much farther north than the sites where previous spacecraft have landed on Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech


NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing

May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet May 25.