Mars Needs Weather-Man

Canadian Space Agency has written a check to MDA Space Missions to build a permanent extraterrestrial weather station which will be launched aboard NASA's Phoenix Lander Mission to Mars in 2007.
The mission is the first exploration of the planet's arctic region, where annual spring thaws create a moisture rich environment, which scientists believe is at least partially responsible for the formation of thick ice clouds in the lower atmosphere.
The probe will also perform tests for the existence of mircrobial life, the ability of the soil to sustain life and the existence of several other life-sustaining forces on the surface.