The UA-NASA Phoenix Mars Lander was honored today in New York with a Popular Mechanics "Breakthrough Award" as one of the Top 10 World-Changing Innovations of the Year. UA researcher Peter Smith participated in the magazine's Breakthrough Conference along with Barry Goldstein of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Ed Sedivy from Lockheed Martin, talking about the Lander successes and results and what that means for more Martian exploration.