Mars lander prepares for digging mission
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080526/capt.4804c1ec2a5843d2a6e181e8f1bbd3d4.mars_phoenix_ny109.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=WEbvXMPWy8eVn894YCnbDw--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="This Sunday May 25, 2008 photo provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona, shows a polygonal pattern in the ground near NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. This is an approximate-color image taken shortly after landing Sunday by the spacecraft's Surface Stereo Imager, inferred from two color filters, a violet, 450-nanometer filter and an infrared, 750-nanometer filter. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars)AP - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spent its first full day in the Martian arctic plains checking its instruments in preparation for an ambitious digging mission to study whether the site could have once been habitable.</p><br clear="all"/>
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