As a part time Science Geek I keep half an eye on what Nasa is up to. Today what they were up to was the landing of the newest Mars mission Phoenix. The Phoenix mission is not a rover like the last couple of mission sent to Mars. Instead the Phoenix Lander will dig through soil and extract the subsurface water ice and soil and to the lander platform for sophisticated scientific analysis. This is the first mission that will sent back data from the polar region of Mars and will hopefully show if there was once life on Mars.

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