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Picking up Clues from the Discard PileNASA Phoenix Mission Conducting Extended Activities on Mars
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, having completed its 90-day primary mission, is continuing its science collection activities.
+ Read more (August 29)
   
   
trench on marsDigs Deeper As Third Month Nears End
The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has dug.
+ Read more (August 25)
   
   
Mid-Level Soil Sample for Oven Number SevenMid-Depth Soil Collected for Lab Test On NASA's Mars Lander
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has scooped up a soil sample from an intermediate depth between the ground surface and a subsurface icy layer.
+ Read more (August 21)
   
   
Phoenix's workspacePhoenix Mars Lander Explores Site by Trenching
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scientists and engineers are continuing to dig into the area around the lander with the spacecraft's robotic arm, looking for new materials to analyze and examining the soil and ice subsurface structure.
+ Read more (August 20)
   
   
3D map showing martian particlePhoenix Microscope Takes First Image of Martian Dust Particle
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has taken the first-ever image of a single particle of Mars' ubiquitous dust, using its atomic force microscope.
+ Read more (August 14)
   

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› Landing Press Kit (3Mb - PDF)

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› NASA Mars Exploration site

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