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Kickoff For Phoenix Landing Blog
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 20, 2008Welcome to the kick-off entry for the Phoenix entry, descent and landing (EDL) blog from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. I'm Brent Shockley, the Information and Configuration Management Engineer for Phoenix at JPL. I've been working on Phoenix since December of 2004, when I came onto the project as a recent graduate fresh out of college. My job is essentially to serve as the ... more Rendezvous With Mars 
Moffet Field CA (SPX) May 20, 2008NASA's Phoenix lander is less than a week from touch down in the frozen northern wastes of Mars, where it will search for signs that, in the planet's recent past, the region may have been habitable. Phoenix is the first mission to target Mars' northern polar region. NASA's Mars Polar Lander (MPL), launched in 1999 toward the planet's southern pole, crashed upon landing. The two Viking ... more Phoenix Probe Due To Touch Down On Martian Surface 
London, UK (SPX) May 19, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is due to land on Mars this month (May) where it will probe the arctic landscape searching for conditions favourable for past or present life. UK scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Bristol are involved in the mission and will be based at the University of Arizona's Science Operations Centre on landing day where they will be part of the ... more LIDAR Detector Will Build Three-Dimensional Super Roadmaps Of Planets And Moons 
Rochester NY (SPX) May 16, 2008Technology that could someday "MapQuest" Mars and other bodies in the solar system is under development at Rochester Institute of Technology's Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory, in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory. Three-Dimensional "super roadmaps" of other planets and moons would provide robots, astronauts and engineers details ... more Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Finds Interior Of Mars Is Colder 
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 16, 2008New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought. The findings suggest any liquid water that might exist below the planet's surface, and any possible organisms living in that water, would be located deeper than scientists had suspected. "We found that the rocky surface of Mars is ... more |
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Silver Spring MD (SPX) May 15, 2008Science Channel will broadcast live coverage of mankind's next major step in Mars exploration with MARS LIVE: THE PHOENIX LANDS premiering Sunday, May 25, 2008, from 7-9 PM (ET) and 4-6 PM (PT). Originating LIVE from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. and the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, the program will give viewers a first look at photos sent back from ... more Opportunity Gearing Up For Attempt To Move Robotic Arm 
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 14, 2008After completing a battery of diagnostic tests, engineers planned to attempt to move Opportunity's shoulder azimuth joint, also known as Joint 1, during the coming week. Tests during the past week included electrical resistance tests at the warmest and coldest times of day to determine if a persistent stall in the joint was dependent on temperature. Test results indicated that electrical ... more NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 14, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet May 25. Phoenix will enter the top of the Martian atmosphere at almost 21,000 kilometers per hour (almost 13,000 mph). In seven minutes, the spacecraft must complete a challenging ... more Phoenix Landing Area Viewed By Mars Color Imager 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 13, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is scheduled to land on the Martian northern plains near 68 degrees north latitude, 127 degrees west longitude on May 25, 2008. In preparation for the landing, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been monitoring weather in the region around the landing site. On April 20, 2008, the orbiter's Mars Color Imager camera captured this view of a large region of northern Ma ... more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) May 08, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is scheduled to land on the Martian northern plains near 68 degrees north latitude, 127 degrees west longitude on May 25, 2008. In preparation for the landing, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been monitoring weather in the region around the landing site. On April 20, 2008, the orbiter's Mars Color Imager camera captured this view of a large region of north ... more Opportunity Investigates Arthritic Rover Joint 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 07, 2008Opportunity is healthy and all subsystems are performing as expected, with the exception of the Instrument Deployment Device (the robotic arm). Power has improved slightly during the last week, primarily as the result of a better state of charge in the batteries. Given the recent difficulties with the robotic arm, the rover hasn't been using the batteries as much as usual. Energy has ... more Is There Life On Mars - Ask A Magnet 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 06, 2008Between three and four billion years ago, Mars was a lot like Earth. Both planets are believed to have had surface water. Those similarities make it a prime candidate for extraterrestrial life. "The assumption is that if bacterial life emerged on Earth at that time, then why not on Mars?" says Soon Sam Kim, principal member of technical staff at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mars may a ... more Spirit In A Catch-22: Stay Awake Or Sleep 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 06, 2008Spirit's Tau measurements of atmospheric dust have remained steady, but solar array input has dropped a bit to 235 watt-hours per sol. Spirit still has enough energy to squeeze in Moessbauer studies of iron-bearing minerals at a time of year when the rover's handlers expected Spirit to be concerned only with survival. At present, the rover's target of scientific interest is a soil exposure ... more
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