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Unlike the ill-starred Beagle probe, Phoenix has started broadcasting
from the surface of the red planet. In fact only five of the past 11
Mars missions have successfully made it to the surface intact.

The probe will now unfold its seven-foot robotic arm and begin
burrowing under the surface for the permafrost to search for water
and possible signs of life.

The programme manager described Phoenix as an amazing machine and
that its search for life on Mars could yield truly amazing results.

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