A handout raw image from the Mars Phoenix Lander showing the surface of Mars and part of the craft downlinked to the control room at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, USA, 25 May 2008. The Phoenix mission will study the history of water in the Martian arctic and to search for evidence of a habitable zone. EPA/NASA
A handout raw image from the Mars Phoenix Lander showing the surface of Mars and part of the craft's solar panels downlinked to the control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, USA, 25 May 2008. The Phoenix mission will study the history of water in the Martian arctic and to search for evidence of a habitable zone. EPA/NASA
A handout raw image from the Mars Phoenix Lander showing the surface of Mars downlinked to the control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, USA, 25 May 2008. The Phoenix mission will study the history of water in the Martian arctic and to search for evidence of a habitable zone. EPA/NASA/HO
This NASA handout image shows a polygonal pattern in the Mars ground near NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, 26 May 2008 similar in appearance to icy ground in the arctic regions of Earth. The Phoenix mission will study the history of water in the Martian arctic and to search for evidence of a habitable zone. EPA/NASA/HO EDITORIAL USE ONLY
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) handout shows a raw image from the Mars Phoenix Lander showing the surface of Mars downlinked to the control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, USA, 25 May 2008. The Phoenix mission will study the history of water in the Martian arctic and to search for evidence of a habitable zone. EPA/NASA
Mission control members Ed Sedivy (L) and Doug McCuiston (R) hug after viewing images downlinked from the Phoenix Mars Lander to the control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California USA, 25 May 2008. The Phoenix mission will study the history of water in the Martian arctic and to search for evidence of a habitable zone. EPA/MARK TERRELL/POOL
Mission control members Eric DeJohn (L) and Ed Sedivy (R) view images downlinked from the Phoenix Mars Lander to the control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, USA, 25 May 2008. The Phoenix mission will study the history of water in the Martian arctic and to search for evidence of a habitable zone. EPA/MARK TERRELL/POOL
Mission control members watch as the Mars Phoenix Lander is confirmed toucheddown on the surface of Mars from the control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, USA, 25 May 2008. The Phoenix mission will study the history of water in the Martian arctic and to search for evidence of a habitable zone. EPA/LAWRENCE HO/POOL
Mission control member Fuk Li (L) hugs Barry Goldstein (BACK) as Ed Sedivy (2R) and Peter Smith (R) rejoice as the Mars Phoenix Lander touches down on the surface of Mars as they watch from the control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, USA, 25 May 2008. The Phoenix mission will study the history of water in the Martian arctic and to search for evidence of a habitable zone. EPA/LAWRENCE HO/POOL
Mission control members Barry Goldstein (L), Ed Sedivy (C) and Peter Smith (R) rejoice as the Mars Phoenix Lander touches down on the surface of Mars as they watch from the control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, USA, 25 May 2008. The Phoenix mission will study the history of water in the Martian arctic and to search for evidence of a habitable zone. EPA/LAWRENCE HO/POOL
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