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EXPLORING THE LAYER OF ICE AT MARS' NORTH POLE

Embargoed: Not for Release Until 2:00 pm U.S. ET Thursday, 02 JULY 2009

NASA’s Phoenix mission landed on the planet Mars in May 2008, and explored the surface of the Red Planet for more than five months. New data from the Phoenix Mars Lander confirms that there is a layer of ice water at the Martian north pole – about five to 18 centimeters beneath the soil.

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