PASADENA, Calif., June 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says the Phoenix Mars Lander will use its robotic arm to sprinkle Martian soil on a rotating wheel so as to better view it.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration says the spacecraft will sprinkle a spoonful of Martian soil on the wheel so it will rotate the sample into place for viewing by the spacecraft's optical microscope.