NASA EXPLORER, PHOENIX, TO LAUNCH TO MARS

A new space explorer, Phoenix is pictured in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 10, 2007. The Phoenix will launch aboard a Delta II rocket to Mars and will dig in the soil and ice in the arctic region of the planet. Both the rocket and spacecraft are undergoing final preparations for the mission. (UPI Photo/Kim Shiflett/NASA)