Phoenix Mars Lander Extending Trench

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is enlarging a trench informally named "Snow White" to prepare a cleaned-off area at the top of a subsurface layer of hard material, possibly ice-rich soil. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona


Phoenix Mars Lander Extending Trench

Jul 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is using its Robotic Arm to enlarge an exposure of hard subsurface material expected to yield a sample of ice-rich soil for analysis in one of the lander's ovens.