Technology Enrolled In Hunt For Life On Mars
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 09:35
in Astronomy & Space
Scientists looking for evidence of life on Mars have turned to technology invented by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers to help with their mission. A team from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has created a device for use on the European ExoMars rover mission scheduled for launch in 2013. That space voyage is one of several planned expeditions to the red planet that will follow in the footsteps of NASA's Phoenix mission, which landed on Mars late last month and this week began preparing to test soil samples.
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