Sample-Collection Tests by Phoenix Lander Continue

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This image was acquired by NASAacutes Phoenix Mars Landeracutes Surface Stereo Imager on the 44th Martian day of the mission or Sol 43 (July 7 2008) after the May 25 2008 landing showing the current sample scraping area in the trench informally calle ...
This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on the 44th Martian day of the mission, or Sol 43 (July 7, 2008), after the May 25, 2008, landing, showing the current sample scraping area in the trench informally called "Snow White." (NASA/JPL-Calech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University)

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's science and engineering teams are testing methods to get an icy sample into the Robotic Arm scoop for delivery to the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer, or TEGA.


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