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At Last! A Touchdown on Mars
May 26, 2008
"We have passed the hardest part and are breathing again," one of the scientists said after confirmation of successful landing was received.
Phoenix uses hardware from a spacecraft built for a 2001 launch, which was cancelled after loss of a similar spacecraft while landing on Mars in 1999.
Image: The robotic arm, a vital instrument on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, will dig into the icy soil and bring samples back to the science deck of the spacecraft for analysis.
Photograph courtesy: NASA/JPL/UA/Lockheed Martin
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