London on Mission to Mars ; News in Brief

LONDON scientists will join the search for life on Mars when a Nasa probe carrying their microscopes blasts off tomorrow from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

The Phoenix spacecraft will land in the northern polar region and dig into the soil for samples to analyse. Dr Tom Pike and his team at Imperial College will follow its progress from Mission Control..

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