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Phoenix diary: Mission to Mars
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In its first chemical analysis of soil from Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix lander has turned up no evidence of water, scientists said Monday. (article 1)
Researchers remained confident that the craft is in the right place to uncover veins of ice believed to lie only inches beneath the surface. (article 1)
A soil sample was cooked twice in one of Phoenix's eight ovens over the past few days, according to William Boynton, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer. (article 1)
Deputy project scientist Deborah Bass of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said scientists still planned to start the process of unstowing the arm Tuesday, but it could take an extra day to fully stretch the arm. (article 3)
The Phoenix lander sent back the most detailed view of the Martian soil to date, showing clumps of fine grains mixed with possible minerals, scientists said Friday. (article 4)
Much of the dirt that Phoenix scooped up and sprinkled on its microscope appeared as a reddish-orange hue that's typical of the Martian landscape. (article 4)
The soil also contained round, black glassy specks that could be volcanic glass, said mission scientist Tom Pike of the Imperial College in London. (article 4)
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Source articles
- No signs of water yet from Mars lander (L.A. Times, 06/17/2008, 526 words)
- Phoenix diary: Mission to Mars (BBC News, 06/16/2008, 3693 words)
- Mars lander completes first day on Mars :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 358 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/16/2008, 289 words)
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