May
26
In 2005 the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft imaged a substantial quantity of water ice in a crater in the Vastitas Borealis region. The environmental conditions at the locality of this feature are suitable for water ice to remain stable. It was revealed after overlaying frozen carbon dioxide sublimated away at the commencement of the Northern Hemisphere Summer and is believed to be stable throughout the Martian year…
The probe, which will remain stationary, is meant to collect and analyze soil samples in an effort to detect water and determine how hospitable the planet might once have been for life to grow. It will remain active there until it freezes around three months later.