Nasa's Phoenix Mars lander touched down on the Red Planet early this morning, in a mission that may yield evidence of primitive life amid the permafrost.
Mission controllers faced a tense wait as the £212m probe plummeted through the thin Martian atmosphere and used a heat shield, parachutes and jet thrusters to slow its descent from an entry speed of 13,000mph to just 5mph on landing, in what was dubbed "seven minutes of terror".
The craft, the first...
Mars landing: Touchdown, then mission begins search...
Nasa's Phoenix Mars lander successfully touched down on the planet's surface early today on a mission that could yield evidence of primitive life amid the permafrost. Jubilant mission...
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