Jet Propulsion Laboratory mission control room for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is seen at JPL in Pasadena, California May 23, 2008. A new chapter in Mars exploration opens on Sunday when a small robotic probe jets down to the planet's arctic circle to learn if ice beneath its surface ever had the right chemistry to support life, mission managers said on Thursday. NASA approved the mission, known as Phoenix, after the Mars orbiter Odyssey found ice surrounding the polar caps in 2002. [Agencies]