August 4. On This Day: In 2007, NASA's Phoenix spacecraft launched to Mars. The Mars Phoenix lander was designed to uncover the mysteries of the Martian arctic, studying the history of water and searching for complex organic molecules. In the continuing pursuit of water on Mars, the polar regions are a good place to probe, as water ice is found there. Phoenix landed farther north than any previous mission, at a latitude equivalent to that of northern Alaska.  🔴

August 4. On This Day: In 2007, NASA's Phoenix spacecraft launched to Mars. The Mars Phoenix lander was designed to uncover the mysteries of the Martian arctic, studying the history of water and searching for complex organic molecules. In the continuing pursuit of water on Mars, the polar regions are a good place to probe, as water ice is found there. Phoenix landed farther north than any previous mission, at a latitude equivalent to that of northern Alaska.  🔴

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-phoenix/