Nasa’s Phoenix Mars Lander has scooped up a little dirt, scientists said on Sunday, a first step towards sampling the Martian soil for ice — and the potential for life. The lander then took a picture of the footprint-shaped impression its robotic arm scoop left on its trial run, Nasa said.
Scientists say they may have discovered ice on Mars. They have reported that when soil was blown away as Nasa’s Phoenix robot spacecraft descended and landed on the Red Planet last Sunday, it may have exposed an outcrop of ice according to images taken near one of the probe’s footpads.
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/ 27 November 2007
Three British bankers whose extradition to the United States caused a political storm last year are on the brink of a plea agreement that could involve an admission of wrongdoing over an alleged -million fraud related to the collapse of Enron.