NASA extends Mars lander mission again

September 18th, 2008 in Space & Earth / Space Exploration

(AP) -- NASA is extending the Phoenix Mars mission again. The three-legged spacecraft has been digging trenches near the Martian north pole since landing on May 25 and its work was supposed to end this month. Phoenix is studying whether the site could have been favorable for microbial life to emerge.

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