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BBC News
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Nasa says its Phoenix spacecraft is in good health after making the first successful landing in the north polar region of Mars.
Images sent back show a flat valley floor with polygonal features that give the ground a "paved" appearance.
These are be..
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MSNBC
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Sunday's touchdown was the first successful soft landing on Mars since the twin Viking landers touched down in 1976. NASA’s twin rovers, which successfully landed on Mars four years ago, used a combination of parachutes and cushioned air bags to bounce..
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www.techeblog.com
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Phoenix Motorcars has developed what could possibly be the perfect electric car. Classified as a Sport Utility Truck (SUT), this vehicle “can cruise on the freeway at up to 95 m.p.h. while carrying five passengers and a full payload.” One more picture..
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BBC News
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The Phoenix spacecraft on Mars is finally getting to grips with the clumpy soil at its landing location.
Early efforts to grab samples for study in the onboard lab had been frustrated by the cloddy nature of the ground.
But by shaking the scoop buck..
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MSNBC
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Scientists were finally able to deliver a soil sample to an instrument aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander after several frustrating days of failed attempts, mission controllers announced.
The welcome news came on Wednesday morning, when Phoenix beamed b..
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BBC News
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The clumpy nature of the soil on Mars' northern plains continues to frustrate the efforts of the Phoenix lander to carry out some of its experiments.
A sample delivered to a mini lab oven on Saturday failed to make it through a sorting screen, and atte..
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MSNBC
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander got down its first full day of work in the Red Planet's chilly north polar region on Monday, while the team behind the mission released an unprecedented picture showing the probe's descent as seen from above.
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MSNBC
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It's go time for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
After nearly 10 months speeding across 422 million miles, the Phoenix spacecraft is just days away from plunging into the Martian atmosphere on Sunday to land near the north pole of Mars.
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BBC News
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Nasa is to launch a spacecraft on a nine-month journey to Mars, where it will dig below the surface for clues to the existence of past or present life.
The Phoenix probe is scheduled to lift off on Saturday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, atop a Delta II..
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BBC News
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The launch of Nasa's latest mission to Mars has been delayed by 24 hours.
The Phoenix spacecraft was to have launched on Friday, but lift-off has now been rescheduled.
Severe weather on Tuesday around the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, preve..
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