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Lander grabs Mars water for life tests

The Phoenix lander got its robotic arm onto a sample of water ice from Mars' surface and popped the ice into tiny, onboard "ovens" that will help determine if the water could support life, NASA researchers said Thursday. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_space?a=Z9JsIY"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_space?i=Z9JsIY" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=pcuQL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=pcuQL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=PjJRL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=PjJRL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=L4Tpl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=L4Tpl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=6q81L"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=6q81L" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=csOIl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=csOIl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_space/~4/396214902" height="1" width="1"/>