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Phoenix landing is out of this world
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5-26-2008 11:34 PM
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Now let the science begin. The Canadian weather station on-board is the most complete weather experiment to the red planet to date. Let's see what it returns.
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/05/26/2255600.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P class="first">An ambitious effort to determine whether Mars' arctic region once harboured life has begun with the successful landing of NASA's Phoenix probe near the red planet's north pole.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/05/26/2255600.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/FFC80D86-8235-40B2-9CB9-3909EE5A89F9" alt="An artist's view of the Phoenix lander on the surface of Mars (NASA)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/05/26/2255600.htm?site=science&topic=latest">An artist's view of the Phoenix lander on the surface of Mars </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/05/26/2255600.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>After a nine-month and 680 million-kilometre journey from Earth, Phoenix managed an almost perfect landing on a relatively rock-free, flat target area.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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