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Keyword - Phoenix
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Perchlorate found on Mars - Premium content
Unexpected chemical discovery intrigues mission scientists.
6 August 2008
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Phoenix lander tastes its first ice - Premium content
Scientists resort to soil sample after problems scraping frozen ground.
1 August 2008
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Q+A: Edward Weiler - Premium content
As NASA celebrates its fiftieth birthday, Nature looks to the future with the space agency's returning science chief.
29 July 2008
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Waiting for the martian bake-off - Premium content
After more than a month on Mars, Phoenix is about to analyse its first ice sample.
18 July 2008
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Penguins on Mars? - Premium content
Phoenix chemistry set discovers that Mars's soil is like Antarctica's.
27 June 2008
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In brief: Phoenix digger uncovers ice in Martian soil - Premium content
25 June 2008
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'Dandruff' could contaminate Phoenix landing site - Premium content
Dead microbes and skin flakes from Earthlings may scupper the search for organic molecules.
6 June 2008
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Planetary science: Stranger in a strange land - Premium content
4 June 2008
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Mars reveals early mysteries - Premium content
Planet's surface proves a puzzle for Phoenix probe.
3 June 2008
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Phoenix set for three-month dig on Mars - Premium content
NASA scientists hope for first taste of martian ice after soft landing for craft near Mars's north pole.
27 May 2008
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