# Mars lander-dirt & oven question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 18, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-lander-dirt-oven-question/453337 "2008-06-18T14:36:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-lander-dirt-oven-question/453337/1 "2008-06-18T14:36:24Z")
The last thing I heard about the Mars lander was that it had scooped up some dirt, but couldn’t get it into its oven–something about the dirt clumping and it wouldn’t go through the screen covering the oven entrance. Did they get that resolved? And more generally, where can I go for regularly-posted status updates on the lander? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-lander-dirt-oven-question/453337/2 "2008-06-18T14:43:17Z")
Um, check out the [NASA Current Missons website](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/). Clicking “News and Media Resources” will give you all recent news stories, Mission Press Kit, and press releases on the mission. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-lander-dirt-oven-question/453337/3 "2008-06-18T14:50:27Z")
At Bad Astronomy: [Phoenix on Mars](http://www.bautforum.com/space-exploration/74917-phoenix-mars.html) At Unmanned Spaceflight: [Phoenix](http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showforum=14)