00:01On This Day in Space
00:03In 2007, NASA launched its Phoenix Mars Lander on a mission to touch down on Mars.
00:09The robotic spacecraft was designed to search for environments that could be suitable for microbial life
00:13and to study the history of water on the Red Planet.
00:16It lifted off at about 5.30 in the morning from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida
00:20and spent almost 10 months making its way to Mars.
00:23When it finally arrived at the Red Planet, it landed farther north than any spacecraft had ever gone before.
00:28Not only did Phoenix find water ice, but it also found what appeared to be small globs of liquid water.
00:34And that's what happened on this day in space.
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