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  • Phoenix Mars Team Opens Window on Scientific Process |
    UANews | Research on 'perchlorate' salts is still underway. |
  • Phoenix Spacecraft Analyzing Martian Soil Data |
    UANews | Science process requires more data, more analysis, more lab work and peer review. |
  • Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water, Mission Extended |
    UANews | Other Phoenix successes include a full landing panorama and plentiful polar weather data. |
  • National PBS Program Featuring the Phoenix Mission |
    UANews | "NOVA scienceNOW" will air a segment about the mission during its July 30 program. | |
  • Close-up Images of Snow Queen Show Recent Cracks and Blemishes |
    UANews | A patch of exposed hard layer under Phoenix began visibly changing 20 days after landing. |
  • Phoenix Mars Lander Working With Sticky Soil |
    UANews | The lander continues to explore its polar world, but it's somewhat tricky business. |
  • Phoenix Revises Method to Deliver Icy Sample |
    UANews | The revised plan shortens how long the rasp operates and lengthens how long the scoop vibrates. |
  • Phoenix Lander Collects Icy Soil But Needs to Work on Delivery |
    UANews | Phoenix scooped up a more than adequate amount of icy soil for baking in one of the lander’s ovens but will need to adjust how it delivers samples. |
  • Trench on Mars Ready for Next Sampling by Phoenix Lander |
    UANews | The lander groomed the bottom of a shallow trench where it will collect a sample of the hard subsurface layer. |
  • Phoenix Scoop Ready For Sampling |
    UANews | NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's robotic arm scoop is empty and waiting for its command to deliver icy soil to TEGA. |
  • Phoenix Mars Lander Prepares for Next Sample Analysis |
    UANews | The team plans to collect samples for the UA's TEGA at almost the coldest part of the day. |
  • Arizona Governor Visits Phoenix Mars Team Working at UA |
    UANews | The lander was working a 33-hour workshift on Mars when Gov. Napolitano visited its science operations center in Tucson. | |
  • Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night |
    UANews | The lander is studying Mars' atmosphere and ground at the same time Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter does. |
  • 3-D Views Posted From Phoenix Mars Lander |
    UANews | The Phoenix Mars Mission has released stereo images of the Martian surface near the Phoenix lander. |
  • Phoenix Mars Lander to Begin Rasping Frozen Layer |
    UANews | A powered rasp on the back of the robotic arm scoop is being tested for the first time on Mars in gathering sample shavings of ice. |
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