Phoenix lander ready for Mars exploration
www.chinaview.cn 2007-02-03 10:23:35

Jack Farmerie, a Lockheed Martin space technician, looks over the Phoenix Mars lander in a Lockheed cleanroom in Denver, Colorado, Feb. 1, 2007. Phoenix is scheduled for liftoff in August 2007, travel for 10 months and land on Mars in May 2008. The robotic arm in the middle of the spacecraft will dig into the martian ice and take samples. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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