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In continuing coverage from previous editions of Daily Launch, the Washington Post (5/19, A6, Kauffman) reported, "Phoenix is scheduled to land about 7 p.m. Eastern time on [May 25], joining NASA's robotic rovers Spirit and Opportunity on the Martian surface." As in previous articles, the report described the difficult landing that is planned for Phoenix and how it differs from the landing of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers. "The last time that a Mars mission looked specifically for chemical signs of life was in 1976, when two Viking spacecraft landed. To the disappointment of planetary scientists, neither found any organic material." If Phoenix "finds signs of organic material and nutrients, the Mars Science Laboratory -- with a much larger and more sophisticated rover...may be sent to a similar site."
The Houston Chronicle (5/18, Carreau) added, "America's Phoenix Lander, a robotic spacecraft with a nimble backhoe and a mini chemistry lab on board, is barreling toward Mars, where it will attempt to resolve a centuries-old debate over whether the Red Planet was once habitable." According to Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Phoenix chief scientist, "Our team has done as well as it knows how. Every review board that has reviewed our work says we are better prepared than any mission that has gone to Mars."
The Observer (5/18, McKie) noted, "Space engineers were yesterday making their last nervous preparations for the landing of their Phoenix probe near the north pole of Mars next Sunday." Engineers "are working around the clock to ensure there will be no repeat of" the last failed Mars polar missions. Once winter comes to the pole, "It will be slowly buried beneath drifts of carbon dioxide frost. However, the craft should have done its job long before that happens, NASA hopes." The U.K.'s Independent (5/18, Johnson), Florida Today (5/19, Halvorson), and another Florida Today (5/19, Halvorson) article, the Discovery Channel (5/16, Klotz) website, and Arizona's Tucson Citizen (5/17, Fischer) also covered the story.
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