Phoenix Mars Lander Will Sprinkle Martian Soil for Microscope to View

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NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander used its Robotic Arm during the missions 15th Martian day since landing (June 9 2008) to test a sprinkle method for delivering small samples of soil to instruments on the lander deck. Image credit: NASAJPL-CaltechUniversity ...
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander used its Robotic Arm during the mission's 15th Martian day since landing (June 9, 2008) to test a "sprinkle" method for delivering small samples of soil to instruments on the lander deck. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M

The team operating NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander plans to instruct the spacecraft in the next few days to use its Robotic Arm to sprinkle a spoonful of Martian soil onto a wheel that will rotate the sample into place for viewing by the spacecraft's Optical Microscope.


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