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“Most of Mars remains unvisited by rovers, although orbiting satellites are providing good maps of surface conditions across the planet,” Knoll said.
Two rovers, the Phoenix lander and the Mars Science Laboratory, will be landing on Mars in the near future for evidence of the planet’s suitability for life.
The Phoenix lander, which is set to land on Mars on May 25, will be looking at a region farther to the north where there is permafrost.
Meanwhile, the Mars Science Laboratory is scheduled to leave Earth in the fall of 2009 and land on Mars in the summer of 2010. According to Joy A. Crisp, a Mars Science Laboratory scientist, it has capabilities that Spirit and Opportunity did not have, like the ability to analyze drilled...
“We will be looking at the oldest part of Mars, four to 4.5 billion years old Mars,” Crisp said. “This might be a different kind of environment that might be more suitable for life.”