AstroSpace Update
November 2008
Gathered by Don Lynn from NASA and other sources
Phoenix (Mars lander) used its scoop to nudge aside a rock lying nearby to see what effect the rock had on ice and soil underneath it. The depth of the ice layer below the rock may tell how the ice layer formed. Digging where the [...]

AstroSpace Update
October 2008
Gathered by Don Lynn from NASA and other sources
Phoenix (Mars lander) touched down in May in an area covered with polygon patterns, similar to those seen in arctic lands on Earth, which are caused by expansion and contraction with temperature changes. The first samples analyzed in Phoenix’s analyzer oven and wet chemistry analyzer [...]