NASA Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water, Mission Extended

Courtesy NASA Breaking News  Wed, 07/30/2008 - 23:00

Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples.


 

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