Phoenix was a robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars.
Phoenix was a robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars. The Phoenix lander descended on Mars on May 25, 2008. Mission scientists used instruments aboard the lander to search for environments suitable for microbial life on Mars and to research the history of water there.
The Phoenix lander robotic arm touched soil on the Red Planet for the first time on May 31, 2008. It scooped dirt and started sampling the Martian soil for ice after days of testing. > Read More