The Phoenix's main task for Sol 90 is to scoop up a sample of soil from the bottom of a trench calle...

All these tests are for the forthcoming Mission to Mars in 2013. During experiments, scientists were...

Some of the recent and planned digging by Phoenix takes advantage of landing within the arm's reach ...

Proton-M with the Briz-M upper stage and Inmarsat 4F3 satellite was launched from Baikonur at 02:43 ...

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has seen water frost on the ground around the spacecraft's landing site...

Scientists say the Mawrth Vallis looks like a dried-up river valley where water once flowed. When wa...

The presence of perchlorate, a highly oxidizing substance, suggests that the atmosphere on Mars i...