NASA's spacecraft Phoenix Mars Lander, after a 10-month voyage (422 million miles), finally landed on the red planet Mars. It is set now to start its mission which is to find some proof of life on the planet (water), alien life has been ruled out by previous missions. Phoenix plans on starting digging the soil in the next days and collect some evidence of what is believed to be some ice in the polar region of Mars. The mission control has already received pictures from Mars in black and white of the horizon and the soil. This is another giant leap for NASA's engineers, scientists and technology.
It cost 420 million dollar to develop and launch the space mission, Phoenix is equipped with solar panels to power its motors and engines.
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