NASA Mars Lander Prepares To Move Arm

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 21:35 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Phoenix Lander is ready to begin moving its robotic arm, first unlatching its wrist and then flexing its elbow. Mission scientists are eager to move Phoenix's robotic arm, for that arm will deliver samples of icy terrain to their instruments made to study this unexplored Martian environment.

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