Phoenix Probes Martian Soil--No Ice Yet but Lots of Resolution [News]
Monday, June 16, 2008 - 19:42
in Astronomy & Space
NASA announced today that the first soil sample baked in the Phoenix Mars Lander shows no signs of water. No surprise, considering that the crusty sample sat stubbornly on a protective screen for several days before slipping into the oven below, giving whatever ice the dirt might have contained plenty of time to sublimate away. [More]