Mars lander
It was a nail-biter at the Jet Propulsion lab last night as The Phoenix Mars Lander touched down on the “red planet.” We have exclusive audio from mission control — and we talk to CNN’s Miles O’Brien about the Lander’s ten month journey and what happens next.
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