From San Francisco Chronicle David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor
Touchdown! Phoenix safe on Mars as cheers erupt
In minutes, it decelerates from 12,700 mph to 5, lands smoothly
The spacecraft Phoenix landed successfully on the icy northern plains of Mars on Sunday after a triumphant voyage of 422 million miles halfway around the sun.
With a 130-pound cargo of instruments and a robotic digging arm to probe for ancient water and ice and long-decayed traces of organic chemicals essential for life, the lander's three legs settled gently onto a boulder-free Martian surface at 4:38 p.m. PDT.
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