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A Tale of Two Missions: Phoenix Lander

This is part two in our feature, A Tale of Two Missions, looking at the 2001 Mars Odyssey satellite and the Phoenix lander.  As we saw in part one, these missions were planned to complement each other, with Odyssey spotting … Continue reading

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IceBite Project Begins Drill Testing in Antarctica

When NASA’s Phoenix Lander touched down on the northern surface of Mars in May 2008, it landed on the very thing it had been sent to find: ice. Enough ice, in fact, that scientists speculate that at some point in … Continue reading

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