Phoenix Mars Lander Extending Trench

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NASAs 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: NASAJPL-CaltechUniversity of Arizona
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
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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.


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