Icebreaker Life
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Icebreaker Life is a Mars lander mission concept proposed to NASA's Discovery Program. The mission involves a stationary lander that would be a near copy of the successful 2008 Phoenix and 2018 InSigh
Icebreaker Life would be based on the Phoenix and InSight landers
Members of the "Icebreaker Life" team during drill automation testing at the University Valley, Antarctica, a Mars-analog site.
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Phoenix (spacecraft)
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Phoenix was an uncrewed space probe that landed on the surface of Mars on May 25, 2008, and operated until November 2, 2008. Phoenix was operational on Mars for 157 sols. Its instruments were used to
Icebreaker Life
…lander mission concept proposed to NASA's Discovery Program. The mission involves a stationary lander that would be a near copy of the successful 2008 Phoenix and 2018 InSight spacecraft, but would carry an astrobiology scientific payload, including a drill to sample ice-cemented ground in the northern plains…
Artist's impression of the Phoenix spacecraft as it lands on Mars.
Side-by-side images of a trench dug by Phoenix's robotic arm, showing the sublimation of material – three whitish clumps in the lower left corner of the trench – presumed to be water ice, over the course of four days (Sol 20 to Sol 24).
A comparison of sizes for the Sojourner rover, the Mars Exploration Rovers, the Phoenix lander and the Mars Science Laboratory.
A labeled look at NASA's Phoenix Mars lander.