Ice-sampling probe set for Sunday landing on Mars

Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 22:30 in Astronomy & Space

PASADENA, California (Reuters) - A new chapter in Mars exploration opens on Sunday when a small robotic probe jets down to the planet's arctic circle to learn if ice beneath its surface ever had the right chemistry to support life, mission managers said on Thursday.

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