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› View Archives | › View 3D Images | › Raw images             Underneath the Phoenix Lander The Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander took this image on Oct. 18, 2008, during the 142nd Martian day, or sol, since landing. › Read More October 28, 2008                     Phoenix Deepens Trenches on Mars The Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander took this false color image on Oct. 21, 2008, during the 145th Martian day, or sol, since landing. › Read More October 28, 2008                     Phoenix Deepens Trenches on Mars The Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander took this false color image on Oct. 21, 2008, during the 145th Martian day, or sol, since landing. › Read More October 28, 2008                     Phoenix's Probe Inserted in Martian Soil The Phoenix Mars lander's robotic-arm camera took this image of the spacecraft's thermal and electrical-conductivity probe (TECP) inserted into Martian soil on day 149 of the mission. › Read More October 28, 2008                     Soil on Phoenix This image shows Martian soil piled on top of the spacecraft's deck and some of its instruments. › Read More October 21, 2008                     Soil Fills Phoenix Laboratory Cell This image shows four of the eight cells in the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA, on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. TEGA's ovens, located underneath the cells, heat soil samples so the released gases can be analyzed. › Read More October 17, 2008                     Telltale Instrument Waving in the Martian Wind This series of images show Phoenix's telltale instrument waving in the Martian wind. Documenting the telltale's movement helps mission scientists and engineers determine what the wind is like on Mars. › Read More October 15, 2008                     Dust Devils Moving Near Phoenix Lander This series of images show the movement of several dust devils near NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. These images were taken by the lander's Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) on the 137th Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Oct. 13, 2008). › Read More October 15, 2008                     Late-summer Martian Dust Storm Captured in this image is a 37,000 square-kilometer (almost 23,000 miles) dust storm that moved counter-clockwise through the Phoenix landing site on Oct 11, 2008. › Read More October 14, 2008                     Phoenix Trenches, Stereo Here is a stereo, panoramic view of various trenches dug by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. › Read More October 10, 2008                     Phoenix Trenches, Left Eye Here is a panoramic view of various trenches dug by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. › Read More October 10, 2008                     Phoenix Trenches, Right Eye Here is a panoramic view of various trenches dug by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. › Read More October 10, 2008                     Phoenix Trenches, Labeled Here is a panoramic view of various trenches dug by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. › Read More October 10, 2008                     Phoenix's La Manch Trench This false color image, taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager, was taken on the 131st Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Oct. 7, 2008). › Read More October 8, 2008                     Frost on Mars This image shows bluish-white frost seen on the Martian surface near NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. The image was taken by the lander's Surface Stereo Imager on the 131st Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Oct. 7, 2008). › Read More October 8, 2008                     Soil on Phoenix's MECA This image shows soil delivery to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA). › Read More October 8, 2008                     Phoenix's La Manch Trench in 3D This anaglyph, taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager, was taken on the 131st Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Oct. 7, 2008). › Read More October 8, 2008                     Soil on Phoenix's TEGA This image shows soil on the doors of the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA) onboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. › Read More October 8, 2008                     Robotic Arm Camera on Mars with Lights On This image is a composite view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) with its lights on, as seen by the lander's Surface Stereo Imager (SSI). › Read More October 2, 2008                     Robotic Arm Camera on Mars, with Lights Off This approximate color image is a view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) as seen by the lander's Surface Stereo Imager (SSI). › Read More October 2, 2008                     Surface Stereo Imager on Mars, Side View This image is a view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) as seen by the lander's Robotic Arm Camera. › Read More October 1, 2008                     Surface Stereo Imager on Mars, Face-On This image is a view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) as seen by the lander's Robotic Arm Camera. › Read More October 1, 2008                     Microscope Image of a Martian Soil Surface Sample This is the closest view of the material underneath NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. This sample was taken from the top centimeter of the Martian soil, and this image from the lander's Optical Microscope demonstrates its overall composition. › Read More September 29, 2008                     Microscope Image of Scavenged Particles This image from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Optical Microscope shows a strongly magnetic surface which has scavenged particles from within the microscope enclosure before a sample delivery from the lander's Robotic Arm. › Read More September 29, 2008                     Phoenix's Snow White Trench A soil sample taken from the informally named "Snow White" trench at NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander work site produced minerals that indicate evidence of past interaction between the minerals and liquid water. › Read More September 29, 2008                     Phoenix Landing Site Indicated on Global View NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission landed at 68.2 degrees north latitude, 234.2 degrees east longitude. The far-northern location of the site is indicated on this global view from the Mars Orbiter Camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. › Read More September 29, 2008                     Martian Sunrise at Phoenix Landing Site, Sol 101 This sequence of nine images taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the sun rising on the morning of the lander's 101st Martian day after landing. › Read More September 29, 2008                     Temperature Measurements Taken by Phoenix Spacecraft This chart plots the minimum daily atmospheric temperature measured by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft since landing on Mars. › Read More September 29, 2008                     Lidar Measurements of Snow Falling from Martian Clouds The Canadian-built lidar aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander produced this graphic of a profile of a Martian cloud on the 99th sol, or Martian day, of the mission (Sept. 3, 2008). › Read More September 29, 2008                     Declining Sunshine for Phoenix Lander The yellow line on this graphic indicates the number of hours of sunlight each sol, or Martian day, at the Phoenix landing site's far-northern latitude, beginning with the entire Martian day (about 24 hours and 40 minutes) for the first 90 sols, then declining to no sunlight by about sol 300. › Read More September 29, 2008                     Mosaic of Commemorative Microscope Substrate Written by electron beam lithography in the Microdevices Laboratory of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, this Optical Microscope substrate helps the Phoenix Mars Mission science team learn how to assemble individual microscope images into a mosaic by aligning rows of text. › Read More September 23, 2008                     Preparation for Moving a Rock on Mars The robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander enlarged a trench beside a rock called "Headless" during the mission's 115th Martian day (Sept. 20, 2008) in preparation for sliding the rock into the trench. › Read More September 23, 2008                     Rock Moved by Mars Lander Arm The robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander slid a rock out of the way during the mission's 117th Martian day (Sept. 22, 2008) to gain access to soil that had been underneath the rock. › Read More September 23, 2008                     Rock Moved by Mars Lander Arm, Stereo The robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander slid a rock out of the way during the mission's 117th Martian day (Sept. 22, 2008) to gain access to soil that had been underneath the rock. › Read More September 23, 2008                     Preparation for Moving a Rock on Mars, Stereo View The robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander enlarged a trench beside a rock called "Headless" during the mission's 115th Martian day (Sept. 20, 2008) in preparation for sliding the rock into the trench. › Read More September 23, 2008                     'Headless' Chosen for Attempt to Move a Martian Rock A rock informally named "Headless," on the north side of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, has been selected for an attempt to slide the rock aside with the lander's robotic arm. › Read More September 22, 2008                     Morning Frost in Trench Dug by Phoenix, Sol 113 This image from the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows morning frost inside the "Snow White" trench dug by the lander, in addition to subsurface ice exposed by use of a rasp on the floor of the trench. › Read More September 19, 2008                     Morning Frost in Trench Dug by Phoenix, Sol 113 (False Color) This image from the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows morning frost inside the "Snow White" trench dug by the lander, in addition to subsurface ice exposed by use of a rasp on the floor of the trench. › Read More September 19, 2008                     Clouds Move Across Mars Horizon This sequence combines 32 images of clouds moving eastward across a Martian horizon. › Read More September 19, 2008                     Crumpled Heat Shield The Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager took this image of the spacecraft's crumpled heat shield on Sept. 16, 2008, the 111th Martian day of the mission. › Read More September 17, 2008                     More Soil Delivered to Phoenix Lab This image documents the delivery of a soil sample from the "Snow White" trench to the Wet Chemistry Laboratory. › Read More September 16, 2008                     Martian Arctic Dust Devil and Phoenix Meteorology Mast The Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander caught this dust devil in action west-southwest of the lander at 11:16 a.m. local Mars time on Sol 104, or the 104th Martian day of the mission, Sept. 9, 2008. › Read More September 11, 2008                     Martian Arctic Dust Devil, Phoenix Sol 104 The Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander caught this dust devil in action west of the lander at 11:49 a.m. local Mars time on Sol 104, or the 104th Martian day of the mission, Sept. 9, 2008. › Read More September 11, 2008                     Solar Panel Buffeted by Wind at Phoenix Site Winds were strong enough to cause about a half a centimeter (.19 inch) of motion of a solar panel on NASA's Phoenix Mars lander when the lander's Surface Stereo Imager took this picture on Aug. 31, 2008, during the 96th Martian day since landing. › Read More September 11, 2008                     Martian Dust Devil Movie, Phoenix Sol 104 The Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander caught this dust devil in action west of the lander in four frames shot about 50 seconds apart from each other. › Read More September 11, 2008                     Phoenix Telltale Movie with Clouds, Sol 103 NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's telltale catches a breeze as clouds move over the landing site on Sol 103 (Sept. 7, 2008), the 103rd Martian day since landing. › Read More September 11, 2008                     Nighttime Clouds in Martian Arctic (Accelerated Movie) An angry looking sky is captured in a movie clip consisting of 10 frames taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. › Read More September 11, 2008                     Snow White Trench Prepared for Sample Collection The informally named "Snow White" trench is the source for the next sample to be acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander for analysis by the wet chemistry lab. › Read More September 9, 2008                     Underneath Phoenix Lander 97 Sols After Touchdown The Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander took this image on Sept. 1, 2008, at about 4 a.m. local solar time during the 97th Martian day, or sol, since landing. › Read More September 8, 2008                     Phoenix Conductivity Probe with Shadow and Toothmark NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander inserted the four needles of its thermal and conductivity probe into Martian soil during the 98th Martian day, or sol, of the mission and left it in place until Sol 99 (Sept. 4, 2008). › Read More September 4, 2008                     Phoenix Conductivity Probe Inserted into Martian Soil NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander inserted the four needles of its thermal and conductivity probe into Martian soil during the 98th Martian day, or sol, of the mission and left it in place until Sol 99 (Sept. 4, 2008). › Read More September 4, 2008                     Phoenix Conductivity Probe after Extraction from Martian Soil on Sol 99 NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander inserted the four needles of its thermal and conductivity probe into Martian soil during the 98th Martian day, or sol, of the mission and left it in place until Sol 99 (Sept. 4, 2008). › Read More September 4, 2008                     Ice Clouds in Martian Arctic (Accelerated Movie) Clouds scoot across the Martian sky in a movie clip consisting of 10 frames taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. › Read More September 1, 2008                     Deepest Trenching at Phoenix Site on Mars NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander widened the deepest trench it has excavated. › Read More September 1, 2008                     Picking up Clues from the Discard Pile As NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander excavates trenches, it also builds piles with most of the material scooped from the holes. The piles, like this one called "Caterpillar," provide researchers some information about the soil. › Read More August 28, 2008                     Phoenix Robotic Arm's Workspace After 90 Sols During the first 90 Martian days, or sols, after its May 25, 2008, landing on an arctic plain of Mars, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander dug several trenches in the workspace reachable with the lander's robotic arm. › Read More August 27, 2008                     Ice Cold Sunrise on Mars From the location of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, above the Martian arctic circle, the sun does not set during the peak of the Martian summer. › Read More August 26, 2008                     Deep 'Stone Soup' Trenching by Phoenix Digging by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on Aug. 23, 2008, during the 88th sol (Martian day) since landing, reached a depth about three times greater than in any trench Phoenix has excavated. › Read More August 25, 2008                     Conductivity Probe after Trench-Bottom Placement Needles of the thermal and conductivity probe on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander were positioned into the bottom of a trench. › Read More August 22, 2008                     Mid-Level Soil Sample for Oven Number Seven Soil from a sample called Burning Coals was delivered through the doors of cell number seven (left) of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on Aug. 20, 2008, during the 85th Martian day, or sol, since Phoenix landed. › Read More August 21, 2008                     Phoenix's Workspace This mosaic of images taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager shows Phoenix's workspace, informally named "Wonderland," with the major trenches and features that have been informally named as of Sol 84 (August 19, 2008), the 84th Martian day after landing. › Read More August 20, 2008                     Morning Frost on Martian Surface A thin layer of water frost is visible on the ground around NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in this image taken by the Surface Stereo Imager at 6 a.m. on Sol 79 (August 14, 2008), the 79th Martian day after landing. › Read More August 15, 2008                     Frost Accumulation on Telltale Mirror Bright specks of frost accumulate on the mirror of the telltale on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in this series of images. › Read More August 15, 2008                     Atomic Force Microscope Operation This animation is a scientific illustration of the operation of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Atomic Force Microscope, or AFM. The AFM is part of Phoenix's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer, or MECA. › Read More August 14, 2008                     Images from Phoenix's MECA Instruments The image on the upper left is from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Optical Microscope after a sample informally called "Sorceress" was delivered to its silicon substrate on the 38th Martian day, or sol, of the mission (July 2, 2008). › Read More August 14, 2008                     Sharp Tips on the Atomic Force Microscope This image shows eight sharp tips of the NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Atomic Force Microscope, or AFM. The AFM is part of Phoenix's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer, or MECA. › Read More August 13, 2008                     First Sample Delivery to Mars Microscope This image was taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on the 17th Martian day, or sol, after landing (June 12, 2008). › Read More August 13, 2008                     Martian Dust Collected by Phoenix's Arm This image from NASA's Phoenix Lander's Optical Microscope shows particles of Martian dust lying on the microscope's silicon substrate. › Read More August 13, 2008                     Images from Phoenix's MECA Instruments The image on the upper left is from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Optical Microscope after a sample informally called "Sorceress" was delivered to its silicon substrate on the 38th Martian day, or sol, of the mission (July 2, 2008). › Read More August 13, 2008                     Martian Surface after Phoenix's Conductivity Measurements NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera took this image on Sol 71 (August 6, 2008), the 71st Martian day after landing. The shadow shows the outline of Phoenix's Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe, or TECP. › Read More August 8, 2008                     Color View of 'Rosy Red' Delivered to TEGA NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager took this false color image on Sol 72 (August 7, 2008), the 72nd Martian day after landing. It shows a soil sample from a trench informally called "Rosy Red" after being delivered to a gap between partially opened doors on the lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. › Read More August 8, 2008                     'Snow White' Trench This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 43, the 43rd Martian day after landing (July 8, 2008). › Read More August 5, 2008                     Full-Circle Color Panorama of Phoenix Landing Site on Northern Mars This view combines more than 400 images taken during the first several weeks after NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on an arctic plain at 68.22 degrees north latitude, 234.25 degrees east longitude on Mars. › Read More July 31, 2008                     Full-Circle Color Panorama of Phoenix Landing Site on Northern Mars, Polar Projection This view combines more than 400 images taken during the first several weeks after NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on an arctic plain at 68.22 degrees north latitude, 234.25 degrees east longitude on Mars. › Read More July 31, 2008                     Full-Circle Color Panorama of Phoenix Landing Site on Northern Mars, Vertical Projection This view combines more than 400 images taken during the first several weeks after NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on an arctic plain at 68.22 degrees north latitude, 234.25 degrees east longitude on Mars. › Read More July 31, 2008                     Sixty-One Martian Days of Weather Monitoring The Canadian Meteorological Station on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander tracked some changes in daily weather patterns over the first 61 Martian days of the mission (May 26 to July 22, 2008), a period covering late spring to early summer on northern Mars. › Read More July 31, 2008                     Phoenix's Workspace This image taken by NASA's PHoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager shows the current trenches, labeled Dodo-Goldilocks and Snow White, and the areas identified for future digging, labeled Cupboard and Neverland. › Read More July 31, 2008                     'Snow Queen' Animation This animation consists of two close-up images of "Snow Queen," taken several days apart, by the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. › Read More July 29, 2008                     After Sample-Delivery Attempt, Sol 62 NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander collected a soil sample and attempted to deliver some of it to a laboratory oven on the deck during the mission's 62nd Martian day, or sol, (July 28, 2008). › Read More July 28, 2008                     After Attempted Sample Delivery on Sol 60, False Color This view from the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on the mission's 60th Martian day, or sol, (July 26, 2008) was taken after the lander's scoop sprinkled a soil sample over Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA). › Read More July 26, 2008                     After Rasping by Phoenix in 'Snow White' Trench, Sol 60 NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander used the motorized rasp on the back of its robotic arm scoop during the mission's 60th Martian day, or sol, (July 26, 2008) to penetrate a hard layer at the bottom of a trench informally called "Snow White." › Read More July 26, 2008                     Soil Still in Scoop After Sample-Delivery Attempt This image from the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows that soil remained inside the arm's scoop after an attempt to deliver a soil sample to a laboratory oven during the lander's 60th Martian day, or sol (July 26, 2008). › Read More July 26, 2008                     Scoop Ready to Obtain New Sample This view from the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the Robotic Arm scoop. › Read More July 25, 2008                     Doors Fully Open on Phoenix's Next Oven The double doors on the right are wide open in this image of four pairs of oven doors on Phoenix's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA). › Read More July 25, 2008                     'Snow White' Trench After Scraping This view from the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the trench informally named "Snow White." › Read More July 24, 2008                     Midnight Sun on Mars This panorama mosaic of images was taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on board NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. This mosaic documents the midnight sun during several days of the mission. › Read More July 23, 2008                     Before & After Scraping on Sol 56 This animation combines two images of the trench informally named "Snow White" taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on July 21, 2008, during the lander's 56th Martian day, or sol, since landing. › Read More July 22, 2008                     Doors Fully Open on Phoenix's Next Oven The double doors on the right are wide open in this image of four pairs of oven doors on Phoenix's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA). › Read More July 21, 2008                     Oh Canada! This color mosaic image of the protective cover of the lidar onboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander was taken by the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) on Sol 35, or the 35th day of the mission, June 30, 2008. › Read More July 17, 2008                     Rasped Soil Sample in Phoenix Scoop This image, taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera on Sol 50, the 50th day of the mission, July 15, 2008, shows material collected in the lander's scoop from the rasping activity on the Martian surface. › Read More July 16, 2008                     Rasping in 'Snow White' This image, taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 50, or the 50th day of the mission, July 15, 2008, shows two holes at the top created by the lander's Robotic Arm's motorized rasp tool. › Read More July 16, 2008                     Rasp Tool on Phoenix Robotic Arm Model This close-up photograph taken at the Payload Interoperability Testbed at the Univeristy of Arizona, Tucson, shows the motorized rasp protruding from the bottom of the scoop on the engineering model of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm. › Read More July 15, 2008                     Phoenix Robotic Arm Rasp This photograph shows the rasp protruding from the back of the scoop on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm engineering model in the Payload Interoperability Testbed at the University of Arizona, Tucson. › Read More July 15, 2008                     Phoenix Robotic Arm Scoop with Rasp This drawing shows a side view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's scoop with various tools for acquiring soil, icy soil and ice samples. › Read More July 15, 2008                     Testing the Robotic Arm Rasp on Earth Members of NASA Phoenix Mars Mission's Robotic Arm engineering team test the arm's motorized rasp in the Payload Interoperability Testbed at the University of Arizona, Tucson. › Read More July 15, 2008                     Phoenix Conductivity Probe This image taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 49, or the 49th Martian day of the mission (July 14, 2008), shows thermal and electrical conductivity probe on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm. › Read More July 15, 2008                     Phoenix Scoop Inverted Showing Rasp This image taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 49, or the 49th Martian day of the mission (July 14, 2008), shows the silver colored rasp protruding from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm scoop. › Read More July 15, 2008                     Phoenix Robotic Arm connects with 'Alice' NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm comes into contact with a rock informally named "Alice" near the "Snow White" trench. › Read More July 14, 2008                     Preparatory Groundwork in 'Snow White' Trench NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is enlarging a trench informally named "Snow White" to prepare a cleaned-off area at the top of a subsurface layer of hard material, possibly ice-rich soil. › Read More July 14, 2008                     Eyeing the Sky's Water Vapor This image, and many like it, are one way NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is measuring trace amounts of water vapor in the atmosphere over far-northern Mars. › Read More July 11, 2008                     Phoenix Conductivity Probe Inserted in Martian Soil This image has been posted in connection with a Phoenix Mars Lander news briefing on May 27, 2008. › Read More July 10, 2008