Mission to Mars

NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has landed on Mars and raw footage of the red planet is now available on their website. According to NASA, the "Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars today to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander's robotic arm." Read more about the mission overview here.

As of this writing, the Phoenix lander has been on Mars for 2 hours and 45 minutes. You can get up-to-date info and more pictures on the NASA website.

And if you are ready to pack your bags and move to Mars the first chance you get, you may want to check out the Mars Society, who are proponents of the colonization of Mars.