The ongoing mission of NASA to spot life on the other planet is going well and on Friday, the scientist reported that soil from the intermediate depth of Martian surface is being examined by the Phoenix Lander. The aim is to find out whether this soil is different from the soil at the planet’s surface and also from a lower icy layer.

On early Thursday, the robotic arm of the Lander dug up the sample known as the Burning Coals, from a trench and then placed in one of the craft’s small ovens. Just to mention, that there are many such ovens in the craft of the Lander. The ovens now will perform three tests. First of all this soil collected will be heated to 35 degrees to find out any contents of ice, then it would be heated to 125 degrees with the aim to dry out the soil. And finally its composition would be determined by heating it to 1,000 degrees.

The NASA scientist, Ray Arvidson, reported, “We want to know the structure and composition of the soil at the surface, at the ice and in-between to help answer questions about the movement of water - either as vapor or liquid - between the icy layer and the surface.” The mission is hoped to be accomplished by Septem