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.