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Martian probe Phoenix

author: Nasa/JPL/UA/LMMS/Novapix

reference: e-son27-62510

Image Size 300 DPI: 23 * 14 cm

The Phoenix Mars Lander was partway through assembly and testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, in September 2006. The probe has been launched on Aug 4 2007 and landing on Mars is planned in May 2008 on arctic ground where a mission currently in orbit, Mars Odyssey, has detected high concentrations of ice just beneath the top layer of soil.

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2006 - 2007 - MARS - MARS SCOUT - PHOENIX - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE - TEST -