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NASA Briefs White House
on Possible Martian Life

Red planet could support greenery, reports show

Aug 2, 08 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - NASA has briefed the White House on its plan to announce a new finding on the "potential for life" on Mars, Aviation Week reports. NASA has no evidence that the red planet has harbored life, but new Phoenix lander discoveries suggest it is possible—a finding that Phoenix... More »

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NASA • Mars • extraterrestrial life • Phoenix Mars Lander • TEGA

 Phoenix Samples Martian Dirt 

Robotic arm tested prior to search for life

Jun 2, 08 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Phoenix Mars Lander grabbed a small sample of the fine soil of the planet's polar region yesterday. It was only a test "dig and dump"—using the spacecraft's 8-foot-long robotic arm—but paves the way for retrieving and analyzing samples of Martian soil later this week, reports... More »

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NASA • Mars • University of Arizona • Phoenix Mars Lander • life • robotic arm • Jet Propulsion Laboratory • Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer • TEGA

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