|
|
Transcript: 'Phoenix' Land Rover Set for Red Planet Exploration
- Article from:
- NPR Morning Edition
- Article date:
- August 3, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightProvided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
RENEE MONTAGNE
NPR Morning Edition
08-03-2007
'Phoenix' Land Rover Set for Red Planet Exploration
Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time 11:00-12:00 PM
Play Audio
RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
NASA tomorrow is planning to launch a new probe to Mars.
If everything goes according to plan, the probe Phoenix will touch down on the Red Planet sometime in the afternoon on May 25th of next year. It would be the first soft landing on Mars in three decades. The mission is designed to study the ice near the Martian north pole.
NPR's Joe Palca has this preview.
JOE PALCA: A mission to the Martian polar region faces some major challenges. Even in the summertime temperatures at night can drop to 100 degrees below ...