Breaking news from the NASA probe people, today the digger uncovered ice, and that means water, which of course means the possibility of living organisms of some sort on the red planet.
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NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has been hard at work on the red planet for a few weeks now and for those keen to keep up with the probes daily digging you can subscribe to its Twitter feed.
After acheiving infamy last week fixing the toilet troubles on-board the International Space Station the mobile servicing system, or MSS for short has released pictures of itself in an attempt to prove its much more than a zero-gravity bog brush.
We reported recently on the impending arrival of the Phoenix probe on the red planet and are pleased to inform you that the machine has safely landed on Mars and is setting itself up for some hard graft.
Another addition to the two Mars based probes already in situ is set to land later this week, the Phoenix has been travelling since August last year and hopes to unearth new information on the planet up in the Arctic regions.