NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing

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


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