Laboratory tests performed at the rover "Phoenix" have confirmed the existence of water on Mars, NASA said today. This is the first time Martian water is "touched and tasted."
A statement from the U.S. space agency said on Wednesday the robotic arm "Phoenix" deposited a sample in an instrument that identifies vapors of water. "We have water" on Mars said William Boynton, a scientist at Phoenix thermal analyzer at the University of Arizona. According to Boynton, this is the first concrete and secure the presence of liquid on the planet.
added that they had detected evidence of frozen water on observations by the Mars Odyssey and others which were diluted to be observed by Phoenix last month. "But this is the first time Martian water is touched and tasted," he added.
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added that they had detected evidence of frozen water on observations by the Mars Odyssey and others which were diluted to be observed by Phoenix last month. "But this is the first time Martian water is touched and tasted," he added.
extended mission
The sample which confirmed the presence of water was extracted from a hole about five inches in the Martian soil and where the robotic arm hit a hard layer of frozen material. On Wednesday, two days sample had been exposed to the Martian atmosphere containing water began to evaporate thereby facilitating its observation, the statement said.
The Phoenix-finding mission that came down on May 25 in an area of \u200b\u200bMars' north pole was to last three months and ended in August. However, in view of the successes has been extended until 30 September, said the statement from NASA.
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