美国宇航局日前选定了登陆火星的下一个着陆探测器设计方案。这个名为“凤凰”号的探测器按计划将于 2 0 0 7年发射 ,次年在富含冰冻水的火星北半球高纬地区着陆。宇航局发布的消息说 ,“凤凰”号将是“侦察”计划发射的第一个探测器。“侦察”计划旨在通过发射个头更小、成本 NASA recently selected the next landing probe on landing Mars design. The probe, called the Phoenix, is scheduled to launch in 2007 and landed in the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere of Mars, which is rich in icy water, the following year. NASA released the news that the “Phoenix” will be “reconnaissance” plan to launch the first detector. The “reconnaissance” program aims to make it smaller and cost-effective by launching