One week after landing on far-northern Mars, NASA Phoenix spacecraft lifted its first scoop of Martian soil as a test of the lander's Robotic Arm.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Flabbergasted" NASA scientists said on Thursday that first analysis of Martian soil appeared to contain the requirements to support life.
PASADENA, Calif., July 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says its Phoenix Lander has used its robotic arm to deliver another sample of Martian soil for analysis by the spacecraft's laboratory.
Scientists say the Phoenix spacecraft has found a substance in the Martian soil that might be detrimental to possible life.
PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency scientists say they've managed to place enough Martian soil into the Phoenix Mars Lander's thermal and gas analyzer to begin tests.
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars rover Spirit, lodged in Martian soil that is causing traction trouble, is taking advantage of the situation by learning more about the Red Planet's environmental history.
... it is washed away entirely.
The researchers also noted that the distribution of the chemical elements in Martian soil, where sulfates accumulate on the surface with layers of chloride salt underneath ...
Phoenix probe discovers that asparagus should grow nicely in the alkaline Martian soil but strawberries might not
Traces of a rocket fuel ingredient found in the Martian soil would not necessarily hinder potential life, mission scientists said Tuesday.
... -- would render the Red Planet uninhabitable.
New soil chemistry tests by NASA's Phoenix Mars lander have ...
... .com) -- Scientists have begun to analyze a sample of soil delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's ... deepest trench dug so far in the Martian arctic plains. Phoenix has also been observing movement of ...
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says martian soil its Phoenix Mars Lander collected this year is very cold and dry, but during climate cycles it might become moist.
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice.
The arm was able to free itself from a protective sheaf that did not fully unwrap after landing and the first scoops of Martian soil are to be dug up next week.
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