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Camera Shows Possible Ice Beneath Phoenix Mars Lander On Saturday, NASA and University of Arizona mission controllers revealed an image taken with the camera on Phoenix's robotic arm showing a white patch of soil under the lander, which the team members believe to be water ice. The patch is about one meter in diameter, seems to be bright white and is surrounded by ... 2 June 2008 02:54 GMT Phoenix Lands on Mars - First Images On Sunday 16:53 PDT, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander assisted by a series of spacecrafts in the orbit of the Red Planet successfully touched down on the surface and has since transmitted a series of pictures of the north polar plains, which it will be investigating in the months to come. Initial measurements show tha... 26 May 2008 02:54 GMT