Astronomy and Space

Icebreaker Life

Icebreaker Life is a Mars lander mission concept proposed to NASA's Discovery Program. The mission involves a stationary lander that would be a near copy of the successful 2008 Phoenix and 2018 InSight spacecraft, but would carry an astrobiology scientific payload, including a drill to sample ice-cemented ground in the northern plains to conduct a search for biosignatures of current or past life on Mars. The science goals for Icebreaker Life focus on sampling ice-cemented ground for its potential to preserve and protect biomolecules or biosignatures. Icebreaker Life was not selected during the 2015 or 2019 Discovery Program competitions.

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• ▸9 Cassiopeiae
• ▸1820s in Western fashion
• ▸Epsilon Scuti

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