Phoenix Mars Lander (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Phoenix Mars Lander

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The University of Arizona conceived of and ran the Phoenix mission, which landed near the north pole of Mars in May of 2008; it is the first Mars mission ever led by a university.

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NASA

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