Article: NASA Mars Lander digs three times deeper than any other trench for soil sample

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Washington, Aug. 27 -- The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has dug.

On August 26, the spacecraft will finish the 90 Martian days originally planned as its primary mission and will continue into a mission extension through September, as announced by NASA in July.

Phoenix's main task for Sol 90 is to scoop up a sample of soil from the bottom of a trench called "Stone Soup," which is about 18 centimeters, or 7 inches deep.

On a later sol, the Lander's robotic arm will sprinkle soil from the sample into ...

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