U.S. says "Phoenix" successfully collected samples of ice on Mars.

<P> </ P> <P align=center> "Phoenix" on the shovel arm to Mars to collect pieces of ice </ P> <P> World Scientific reports [tech.] News: According to NASA Space Network .NASA 16, said the council's "Phoenix" Mars lander has successfully beneath the surface in the red planet's ice hard as a rock within the hole, and shovel with a robotic arm to collect drilling .generated in the process of frozen debris. .</ P> <P> "Phoenix" knock off another day of shooting pictures Fault lost </ P> <P> the ice hard, "Phoenix" was simply a small spade shovel fixed. .Therefore, "Phoenix" to use the shovel on the back of the file with a power-driven drilling machine on the ice, worn a number of pieces of ice, put a shovel in the. ."Phoenix" at the 16 sent back to Earth images and data, confirmed that indeed the ice scoop in the sample, and displayed in the collection of several hours, these pieces of ice had slightly changed. .Ice exposed to the Martian atmosphere will begin to sublimate, or change into vapor. .The filing machine in the "Snow White" trench two holes were drilled, "Phoenix" in the last week and weekend earlier this ditch were expanded. .</ P> <P> the ice to collect test samples collected samples to test file friction method. .A few days for the future, "Phoenix" was the heat and advanced gas analyzer (Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer) to collect samples, they will use the same method. .Heat and advanced gas analyzer in which a small sample of baking oven, and water vapor volatilized sample analysis has identified the composition of the sample. .</ P> <P> NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, "Phoenix" research team member Richard Morris, said: "This is a test carried out very smoothly. Although the relevant hypotheses that pieces of ice after .sublimation of a few hours, but it shows the ice is likely to be preserved as a sample delivered to the 'Phoenix' in the oven. "mission scientists will command" Phoenix "to continue and expand the file Moldova" Snow White "trench ., and another 16 were machine test file. .</ P> </ p>.