NASA hopes to find evidence for such theories by analyzing the ice contained in the soil of the red wasteland that the Mars Phoenix Lander touched down on.

美国国家航空航天希望通过分析“凤凰”号火星探测器着陆的红色荒原土壤中所含的冰，找到支持这一理论的证据。

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There is water ice on Mars within reach of the Mars Phoenix Lander, NASA scientists announced Thursday.

NASA的科学家在周四宣布：在凤凰号火星车触手可及的地方发现了水冰。

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Last month the Mars Phoenix Lander found ice on the surface of the planet, but it is frozen hard and covered by red dust.

上月，凤凰号登陆火星发现火星表面有冰的痕迹，但它是结冰的并被红色的灰尘覆盖着。

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They show one of the legs of an American craft called Mars Phoenix Lander which touched down near the planet's north pole on May 25th 2008 and operated until it was disabled by the gathering winter in November.

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The half-billion-dollar Phoenix Mars Lander touched down on the planet Sunday night to begin at least three months of experiments.

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