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Journey of Phoenix on the Red Planet
November 11, 2008
Providing a mission-long weather record, with data on temperature, pressure, humidity and wind; observations of haze, clouds, frost and whirlwinds; and coordinating with NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to perform simultaneous ground and orbital observations of Martian weather are also being studied.
"Phoenix provided an important step to spur the hope that we can show Mars was once habitable and possibly supported life," said Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Image: This image taken by Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager shows the current trenches, labelled 'Dodo-Goldilocks' and 'Snow White', and the areas identified for future digging, labelled 'Cupboard' and 'Neverland'.
Photograph: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University
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