This is confirmed by experiments conducted by the ship 'Phoenix' at NASA
There is water on Mars.
Laboratory tests conducted by NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has confirmed that the liquid element is the planet nearest Earth-like, today reported U.S. space agency.
It is the seventh planet in the Solar System size.
As the Earth has four seasons a year and ice caps, but their temperatures are lower near the freezing point and the air is stifling.
A NASA press release on Wednesday reported that the Phoenix's robotic arm placed a sample taken from an instrument that identifies vapors of water.
"We have water" on Mars, said William Boynton, a scientist thermal analyzer at the University of Arizona.
"We saw that there was ice on the observations of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft but this is the first time Martian water has been touched," said Boynton.
The sample which confirmed the presence of water was extracted from a hole about five inches into the Martian soil.
This exhibition has been two days and exposed to the Martian environment containing water began to evaporate, thereby facilitating its observation, the statement added.
"Surprises"
"Mars is giving us some surprises," said Peter Smith, principal investigator for the mission, referring to the different behavior of Martian material.
The mission of the Phoenix, which dropped last May 25 in a section of Mars' north pole was to last three months and ended in August.
However, in view of the successes has been extended to September 30, according to NASA.
"Phoenix is in good health and projections regarding its solar energy are good and want to use this resource in one of the most interesting places on the planet," added Michael Meyer, Program Scientist for Mars Exploration.
There is water on Mars.
Laboratory tests conducted by NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has confirmed that the liquid element is the planet nearest Earth-like, today reported U.S. space agency.
It is the seventh planet in the Solar System size.
As the Earth has four seasons a year and ice caps, but their temperatures are lower near the freezing point and the air is stifling.
A NASA press release on Wednesday reported that the Phoenix's robotic arm placed a sample taken from an instrument that identifies vapors of water.
"We have water" on Mars, said William Boynton, a scientist thermal analyzer at the University of Arizona.
"We saw that there was ice on the observations of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft but this is the first time Martian water has been touched," said Boynton.
The sample which confirmed the presence of water was extracted from a hole about five inches into the Martian soil.
This exhibition has been two days and exposed to the Martian environment containing water began to evaporate, thereby facilitating its observation, the statement added.
"Surprises"
"Mars is giving us some surprises," said Peter Smith, principal investigator for the mission, referring to the different behavior of Martian material.
The mission of the Phoenix, which dropped last May 25 in a section of Mars' north pole was to last three months and ended in August.
However, in view of the successes has been extended to September 30, according to NASA.
"Phoenix is in good health and projections regarding its solar energy are good and want to use this resource in one of the most interesting places on the planet," added Michael Meyer, Program Scientist for Mars Exploration.
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