Mars Exploration

It is very amazing that at last the Phoenix Mars Lander had made it to Mars and landed on the successfully on the Martian arctic plains. It's journey is 422 million mile or 10 month long because Mars is very far from Earth. I saw on the news that it already sent picture images of the high northern latitude of Mars. Accordingly, Phoenix will only stay in one area and will dig trench in the soil of the Red planet to see if there are elements that can possibly favor primitive life. Another breakthrough in aero-space exploration.