The Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) instrument aboard NASA's
Phoenix Mars Lander is shown with one set of oven doors open and dirt from
a sample delivery. After the "seventh shake" of TEGA, a portion of the
dirt sample entered the oven via a screen for analysis. This image was
taken by the Robotic Arm Camera on Sol 18 (June 13, 2008), or 18th Martian
day of the mission.
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.