It
was a good news/bad news day on Mars Thursday, with a tentative sighting of ice
by the Mars Phoenix Lander, but also a newly discovered glitch in the oven
system that will analyze soil samples.
ROCK OR ICE? Tabular features at top center of this image, taken by a camera on Mars Phoenix Lander, may be either ice or rock.
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