Space.com has an article that rises up and says that NASA picked Phoenix to be the First Scout Mission Mars Lander. Nasa gave the University Of Arizona its biggest research grant in school history to the tune of $325 million to build some instruments on the Phoenix lander. The Phoenix will take off the Summer of 2008 and when it arrives at Mars' north pole, it will not rove, but it will dig in the ice with a robotic arm and try to find life. Nasa's selection of Phoenix means that other projects like the Mars plane won't be flying.

Other articles that rose from the ashes...

• "Phoenix" to Land at Mars' North Pole
• NASA Picks Mars Lander For First Scout Mission
• NASA picks Canadian technology for Mars mission
• Lockheed heading to Mars
• NASA picks probe to seek Martian water

Older Robots.net article...

• NASA Selects 10 New Mars Robots