This image from the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows
that soil remained inside the arm's scoop after an attempt to deliver a
soil sample to a laboratory oven during the lander's 60th Martian day, or
sol (July 26, 2008).
The Phoenix Mission is led by the University of Arizona, Tucson, on behalf
of NASA. Project management of the mission is by NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Spacecraft development is by Lockheed Martin
Space Systems, Denver.