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Mars lander launches new decade of exploration

AUG 03, 2007
Physics Today
Various: Both NPR and the Christian Science Monitor report on today’s launch of Phoenix, a Mars probe that will look for evidence of cliamte change and organic compounds at the Martian polar caps. It will be the first soft landing on Mars by NASA in more than 30 years. All being well, the probe will arrive at Mars in May next year.
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