Competition To Take Place October 24-25 Near Alamogordo,
NM
The X Prize Foundation today announced that the 2008 Lunar
Lander Challenge will take place at Holloman Air Force Base in
Alamogordo, NM October 24-25, 2008. This year's competition will
also be webcast online, so the public can follow the action at the
X Prize Foundation website.
Thermal Analyzer Will Study Sample For Signs Of Water
Looking a bit like the world's most awesome Tonka toy, NASA's
Phoenix Mars Lander made its first dig into Martian soil for
science studies and is poised to deliver the scoopful to a
laboratory instrument on the lander deck. The instrument will bake
and sniff the soil to assess its volatile ingredients, such as
water.
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