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05.13.08
NASA Phoenix Mission Ready for Landing in Mars's North Polar Region

map showing landing site for Phoenix and other rovers and landers

Image above: The landing site chosen for NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander is much farther north than the sites where previous spacecraft have landed on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet May 25.

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News Archive

'Broken Heart' Image Last for Polar Mission

NASA's Polar satellite concludes its successful mission at the end of April with a breathtaking visible light image of the colorful dancing lights of the aurora.
NASA Web Tool Enhances Airborne Earth Science Mission

NASA is taking flight over the Arctic to uncover how pollution and wildfires may affect its atmosphere and sea ice.
$A large fracture is visible in a lake bed on the Greenland Ice Sheet after it drained the lake's entire liquid contents.$
Researchers Warm Up to Melt's Role in Greenland Ice Loss

Scientists have used computer models to show how melt could contribute to the observed speed up of the ice sheet.
NASA Researcher Visits One Tough P.I.G.

In January 2008, NASA's Dr. Robert Bindschadler led an expedition to a previously untouched part of Antarctica.
NASA Studies Arctic Air From the Sky

NASA and its partners have begun the most extensive field campaign ever to study the chemistry of the Arctic's lower atmosphere.
Researchers Say Arctic Sea Ice Still at Risk

Scientists are monitoring the amount and age of sea ice to see if the declining trend persists.
Spring is Aurora Season

For reasons not fully understood, auroras are more common in the spring than at other times. The five-craft THEMIS fleet may help scientists determine why.