Phoenix Revises Method to Deliver Icy Sample

This photograph from June 2008, shows the Robotic Arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander carrying a scoop of Martian soil bound for the spacecraft's microscope. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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Phoenix Revises Method to Deliver Icy Sample

Jul 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's robotic arm will use a revised collection-and-delivery sequence overnight Sunday with the goal of depositing an icy soil sample in the lander's oven.
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