May 26, 2008
It's happened finally. A NASA spacecraft landed in the north polar region of Mars to begin a three-month search for water and building blocks of life and successfully sent images of the frozen land within two hours.
Flight controllers and NASA scientists broke into cheers as the Phoenix sent first signal to confirm its landing late Sunday night after traversing a distance of 423 million miles over a 10-month period.
Image: An artist's impression of the Phoenix Mars Lander on the Red Planet.
Reportage: PTI | Photograph: NASA/JPL via Getty Images
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