Soil Studies Continue at Site of Phoenix Mars Lander

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 14:42 in Astronomy & Space

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has continued studies of its landing site by widening a trench, making overnight measurements of conductivity in the Martian soil and depositing a sample of surface soil into a gap between partially opened doors to an analytical oven on the lander.

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