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Man's quest to find life beyond Earth is never-ending.
Mars has always been the target of space research because of it's similarity to our planet.
Yesterday, with a joyous celebration, Nasa's spacecraft Phoenix landed safely on the Red Planet.
This is the first ever successful soft landing on Mars, using a parachute and thrusters rather than protective air bags.
Since the twin Viking missions in 1976. In all, six of 11 similar attempts by the United States, Russia and England ended in failure!
Remember the rovers which landed on Mars a few years ago? This is a bit different, the Phoenix is built to stay in one place and use its robotic arm to dig into the dirt and ice. It is also equipped with several miniature chemistry labs to analyze the material it digs up on the spot!
More interesting facts after the jump ...

Not only does the Phoenix have all those sophisticated cameras and robotic arm diggers and mini labs, but it has something fantastic on board; a mini DVD created by the Planetary Society called "Visions of Mars".
The DVD, made of material designed to last for hundreds of years, is a huge library of science fiction stories as well as the names of more than 250,000 people among other things.
It features the likes of Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury.

Hey! Maybe those Martians will be curious enough to play the DVD!