(2)On August 3 NASA will launch a robotic probe on a mission to Mars. The Phoenix spacecraft (pictured), which is expected to reach the Red Planet in May 2008, will analyze soil and ice samples to determine if Mars was ever habitable. Read more at CNN.com(1).

1. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/05/09/mars.probe.reut/index.html
2. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/05/09/mars.probe.reut/index.html