Article: New Zealand: NASA readies for Martian soil test, first microscopic images.

Article: Lander's robotic arm touches Martian ...
AP Worldstream;  June 1, 2008 ;     475 words ... ... overseeing NASA's new Mars spacecraft say the lander's robotic arm has touched soil on the red planet for the first time. The ... provide soil and ice for the lander's experiments. The robotic arm camera also took images of what is believed to be exposed ...

Article: Robotic Arm Is Fixed On Rover Opportunity; Explorer ...
The Washington Post;  February 15, 2004 ;     500 words ... ... glitch that froze the robotic arm on the Mars rover Opportunity ... narrow trench in the Martian soil, NASA said Saturday ... to properly stow its robotic arm. Engineers sent instructions ... unsafe movement with the robotic arm. Faced with the conflict ...

Article: NASA probe set to deliver Martian soil to its wet ...
The Hindustan Times;  June 25, 2008 ;     515 words ... ... Syndication. Washington, June 25 -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has repositioned its robotic arm slightly and is now poised to deliver Martian soil to its wet chemistry laboratory. Sample delivery and analysis is planned today, which happens ...

Article: NASA's Phoenix lifts first scoop of Martian soil
Xinhua News Agency;  June 2, 2008 ;     409 words ... ... first scoop of Martian soil WASHINGTON, June ... first scoop of Martian soil as a test of the lander's Robotic Arm, NASA reported ... investigator for the Robotic Arm. The camera on ... first scoop of Martian soil. "The camera ...

Article: Close-ups snapped of fine Martian soil
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  January 17, 2004 ;     598 words ... ... that show the rover's robotic arm extended for the first ... with minerals in the Martian soil, said John Grotzinger ... and chemistry of the Martian soil. Both instruments share space on Spirit's robotic arm with the microscopic ...

Article: NASA's Phoenix retests release of Martian soil
Xinhua News Agency;  June 3, 2008 ;     453 words ...NASA's Phoenix retests release of Martian soil WASHINGTON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Engineers ... Tuesday to repeat a practice test of releasing Martian soil from the scoop on the lander's Robotic Arm. When the arm collected and released its ...

Article: NASA's Phoenix Lander collects an oven full of Martian ...
The Hindustan Times;  June 12, 2008 ;     508 words ... ... Washington, June 12 -- The robotic arm of NASA's Phoenix ... partial scoopful of clumpy Martian soil to the oven on its Thermal ... What the Lander's robotic arm did was that it delivered ... activities include sprinkling Martian soil on the delivery port ...