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Phoenix makes picture-perfect Mars landing
After touchdown, first images show unfurled solar panels, arctic horizon

MSNBC staff and news service reports
updated 1:20 a.m. ET, Mon., May. 26, 2008

PASADENA, Calif. - NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander survived a risky plunge through the Red Planet’s atmosphere and touched down in Mars’ northern polar region on Sunday, sending back pictures of a bleak-looking, oddly patterned plain.

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NASA

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