Duration:
- May 25, 2008 — May 25, 2008
Phoenix Mars landing
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Phoenix Mars Mission
Phoenix was a robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars under the Mars Scout Program. The Phoenix lander descended on Mars on May 25, 2008. Mission scientists used instruments aboard the lander to search for environments suitable for microbial life on Mars, and to research the...
Duration:
- May 25, 2008 — May 25, 2008
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