Phoenix To Bake Ice-Rich Sample Next Week
Thursday, July 3, 2008 - 12:07
in Physics & Chemistry
The next sample delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) will be ice-rich. A team of engineers and scientists assembled to assess TEGA after a short circuit was discovered in the instrument has concluded that another short circuit could occur when the oven is used again.