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Phoenix Spacecraft Sends First Pictures Monday, May 26, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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A NASA spacecraft sent yesterday pictures showing itself in good condition after making the first successful landing in a polar region of Mars. The images from NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander also provided a glimpse of the flat valley floor expected to have water-rich permafrost within reach of the lander's robotic arm. The landing ends a 422-million-mile journey from Earth and begins a three-month mission that will use instruments to taste and sniff the northern polar site's soil and ice. (source: nasa.gov)
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