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It's Snowing on Mars
In a Mars exploration milestone, a laser remote sensing instrument on the Phoenix Mars lander has detected snow falling on the red planet. Data from the light detection and ranging (lidar) instrument—designed to gather information about interactions between the Martian atmosphere and ground surface—showed the snow falling from clouds about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) above the spacecraft's landing site.
8.15.2009 at 11:16pm - Comment by garychencoolThey are still looking at Mars because that's the closest "Planet" Everything else is way too far! For the moon,they're mostly done. There is no life on the Moon. It would'nt make a good Earth alternative! Mars is far and cold and so on.
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It's Snowing on Mars
In a Mars exploration milestone, a laser remote sensing instrument on the Phoenix Mars lander has detected snow falling on the red planet. Data from the light detection and ranging (lidar) instrument—designed to gather information about interactions between the Martian atmosphere and ground surface—showed the snow falling from clouds about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) above the spacecraft's landing site.
10.9.2008 at 08:24pm - Comment by garychencoolDid you know? The weather sencing device was from Canada? Well, it's true! The Phoeix Lander had that weather sensing insturment when it was close close to Mars. If you people think that does't Canada have a space program? Yes! It's called the Canadian Space Agency ( I think) and they put the insturment on a American Spaceship.
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