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ESA support to NASA Phoenix highlights beneficial Mars cooperation

7 September 2007

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In this artist’s impression of Phoenix on the Martian surface, the lander is shown digging a trench through the upper layer of the soil. The polar water ice cap is shown in the far distance.

Credits: NASA/JPL (C.Waste)

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An artist's impression of Mars Express. The spacecraft left Earth for Mars on 2 June 2003. It reached its destination after a six-month journey, and has been investigating the planet since early 2004.

Credits: ESA - D. Ducros

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Artist's impression of NASA's MER Spirit rover on the surface of Mars

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