Phoenix

Soil excavation on Mars by the robotic arm of the Phoenix lander in 2008. Photo: NASA

A 600 million year drought wiped out life on Mars

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Phoenix's robotic arm in action as captured by a stereoscopic camera inside the spacecraft on the 52nd Sol day of the mission. Photo: NASA

The Mars spacecraft Phoenix - summary of findings

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Within ten years life will be found outside the Earth, most likely on Mars

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The Phoenix spaceship has been declared "dead"

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The engineers began disabling the Phoenix devices

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Phoenix photographed snow falling on Mars and discovered hints of water that was on the ground in the past

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Phoenix photographed and felt eddies on Mars

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90 days on Mars - Phoenix dug the deepest trench

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Phoenix photographed morning frost on the Martian soil

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NASA: We did not hide details about the discovery of Phoenix

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Now it is final - there is water on Mars

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Will Phoenix's next furnace experiment be the last?

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An experiment by the Phoenix proves: it is possible to plant vegetables in the soil of Mars

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NASA: There is ice on Mars, it evaporated when the Phoenix scoop scooped it out

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Phoenix disappointed: the oven experiment has not yet yielded the discovery of water on Mars

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Sticky clumps in Martian soil examined with the Phoenix microscope

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NASA's Mars lander Phoenix was able to transfer the soil samples to the microscope, soil sample collection procedure

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A malfunction in Phoenix interfered with the analysis of the first samples it collected on Mars

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Phoenix: A view of the reddened pile of sand before it was baked

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NASA ordered the Phoenix spacecraft to deploy its robotic arm

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The Phoenix spacecraft has sent the first images after the successful landing

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The Mars Phoenix spacecraft has landed

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MRO photographed from space the area where the Phoenix spacecraft will land tomorrow

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The Phoenix spacecraft is ready for the dangerous landing on Mars

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Mars: 40 ice ages in the last 5 million years

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IBM's POWER processor technology is on the way to searching for life on Mars

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The Phoenix spacecraft was launched to Mars this morning

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Maybe the Phoenix will discover water?

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Endeavor cabin air leak

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The Phoenix spacecraft is ready for launch to Mars

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Beat the Curse of Mars

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NASA selects experiments for the 2007 Mars mission

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