The Mars Phoenix lander touched down in the far north of the Red Planet, after a 680 million-km (423 million-mile) journey from Earth. It was a perfect soft landing.
“Phoenix has landed - welcome to the northern plain of Mars,” a flight controller announced.
It will begin examining the site for evidence of the building blocks of life in the next few days.
First Pic from Phoenix
Posted by FA Editors at 9:06 AM PDT
