NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has delivered a scoop of Martian soil from the "Snow White" trenches to the optical microscope for analysis today, June 24, the 29th Martian day of the mission, or Sol 29. And the Phoenix lander will position its Robotic Arm to deliver some of that same scoop of soil for its first wet chemistry experiment on the Red Planet in the next day or two. Scientists did a diagnostic run yesterday that melted ice to water for Phoenix's first wet chemistry experiment. (source: nasa.gov)
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