NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander spent its first full day in the Martian arctic plains checking its instruments in preparation for an ambitious digging mission to study whether the site could have once been habitable. (May 27, courtesy of AP)
In a news briefing, Barry Goldstein, Phoenix project manager, and Peter Smith, principal investigator for the mission. (Courtesy of BBC)
The first pictures being sent back from the NASA Phoenix Mars Lander. (Courtesy of CBC)
NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft is set to descend to the surface of Mars for 90-day mission to excavate soil and ice. NASA hopes the mission will illuminate whether the site could have supported microbial life. (May 24, courtesy of AP)
