Trench on Mars Ready for Next Sampling by NASA Lander

Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 15:07 in Astronomy & Space

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has groomed the bottom of a shallow trench to prepare for collecting a sample to be analyzed from a hard subsurface layer where the soil may contain frozen water.

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