Mars Lander Is Poised to Begin Digging for Ice
Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English
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Nasa's Phoenix lander has touched down safely on the northern plains of Mars after a 10-month journey from Earth. (article 2)
It was more than eleven years that Mike Hecht, from Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and I first started thinking about sending a microscope to Mars. (article 2)
Today we have our first chance to get images from the optical microscope of the Phoenix lander as it stands on the northern Martian plains. (article 2)
Yesterday, we had commanded the sample wheel to bring our test substrates under the gaze of the optical microscope, ordered the LEDs to turn on and illuminate the scene, and asked the microscope to take a series of images. (article 2)
Sanjay and Hanna had spent long days on the copy of the microscope station at Imperial, working out the intricacies of how to drive the sample wheel precisely. (article 2)
Sanjay has prepared computer code that will eagerly pull apart the data packets, reconstruct the pictures, and immediately throw the microscope images up on his screen. (article 2)
The craft's robotic arm reached out and touched the soil for the first time, leaving behind a striking, footprint-like impression, they said on Sunday. (article 1)
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Story keywords
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Phoenix, Mars, lander, Ice, landing |
Source articles
- Mars lander uncovers signs of ice (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 202 words)
- Phoenix diary: Mission to Mars (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 2279 words)
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