No signs of water yet from Mars lander
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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 2)
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 2)
A soil sample was cooked twice in one of Phoenix's eight ovens over the last few days, according to William Boynton, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. (article 2)
The goal of the $420-million Phoenix mission is to find out whether Mars is, or ever was, suitable for rudimentary life forms. (article 2)
The science team at the University of Arizona and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge were not disappointed by the failure to turn up water on the first test sample. (article 2)
The latest images of the trench from which the soil was taken show light-toned material that the scientists think could be ice protruding from the trench's side. (article 2)
Two scientific instruments, a microscope and a "bake-and-sniff" analyser, have begun inspecting soil samples delivered by the scoop on the spacecraft's robotic arm. (article 3)
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- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/17/2008, 13 words)
- No signs of water yet from Mars lander (L.A. Times, 06/17/2008, 524 words)
- Phoenix diary: Mission to Mars (BBC News, 06/16/2008, 3693 words)
- Send news tip to FOXNews.com (FOX News, 06/18/2008, 1159 words)
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