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Phoenix Coming Into View
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 29, 2008The Phoenix lander sent back new sharp color images from Mars late yesterday. Phoenix imaging scientists made a color mosaic of images taken by the lander's Surface Stereo Imager on landing day, May 25, and the first two full "sols," or martian days, after landing. The panorama, now about one-third complete, shows a fish-eye perspective from the camera, a view from the lander itself all th ... more NASA restores radio contact with Phoenix Mars lander 
Washington (AFP) May 27, 2008NASA has cleared up a malfunction that for several hours caused a rupture in communications between Phoenix Mars Lander, the US space agency said Wednesday. NASA said a "transient event" had knocked out UHF radio transmissions between Phoenix and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), which relays data and instructions between the Phoenix and Earth. A statement early Wednesday from NASA' ... more Listen To Phoenix Descend To The Surface Of Mars 
Paris, France (ESA) May 29, 2008With data recorded on board Mars Express, you can hear Phoenix descend on to the surface of the Red Planet. After being processed by the Mars Express Flight Control Team, the sounds of Phoenix descending are audible, loud and clear. The data from the Mars Express Lander Communication system (MELACOM) that tracked Phoenix was received on Earth soon after the Phoenix landing. ... more ATK Ultraflex Solar Arrays Deploy And Provide Critical Power To The Mars Phoenix Lander 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) May 29, 2008Alliant Techsystems reports that the Ultraflex Solar Arrays deployed and now provide power to the Mars Phoenix Lander. This is the first flight for this unique solar array technology developed by ATK's Goleta, California facility. Each Ultraflex array unfolded like an oriental fan into a circular shape 2.1 meters in diameter and will generate 770 watts of power from sunlight at the distanc ... more Russia Watches Another American Robot Visit The Red Mars Again 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2008It looks as if the Americans have turned their attention to the Red Planet for real. NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander touched down near the North Pole on May 25. The first shots sent back to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California report that the probe is in excellent health. NASA is exhilarated. The very fact of a safe landing on Martian soil is already a success considering that it is the ... more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2008A telescopic camera in orbit around Mars caught a view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suspended from its parachute during the lander's successful arrival at Mars Sunday evening, May 25. The image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter marks the first time ever one spacecraft has photographed another one in the act of landing on Mar ... more NASA probe sends first pictures from Martian arctic 
Washington (AFP) May 26, 2008A NASA probe sent back never-seen pictures of Mars' north pole Monday after a near perfect landing in the most ambitious mission to date to find life-sustaining minerals on the Red Planet. Pictures from the Phoenix probe provided the first glimpse of the planet's Arctic plains -- a desolate, flat landscape of stony, frozen ground. The images also confirmed that the solar arrays needed ... more Lockheed Martin-Built Phoenix Spacecraft Successfully Lands on Mars 
Denver CO (SPX) May 27, 2008NASA has a new spacecraft operating on the surface of Mars. Late Sunday afternoon, the Phoenix Mars Lander, built by Lockheed Martin, navigated a dramatic blazing descent through the planet's atmosphere, positioning Phoenix to dig down and touch the planet's subsurface ice. At 4:24 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time May 25, onboard software commands fired six separation nuts and jettisoned the cru ... more Mars Cold Goes Down Deep 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 27, 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 no ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) May 26, 2008NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars today to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander's robotic arm. Radio signals received at 4:53:44 p.m. Pacific Time (7:53:44 p.m. Eastern Time) confirmed the Phoenix Mars Lander had survived its difficult final descent and touchdown 15 minutes ear ... more Phoenix Lands On Mars 
Pasadena CA (AFP) May 25, 2008A NASA spacecraft today sent pictures showing itself in good condition after making the first successful landing in a polar region of Mars. The images from NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander also provided a glimpse of the flat valley floor expected to have water-rich permafrost within reach of the lander's robotic arm. The landing ends a 422-million-mile journey from Earth and begins a three-month ... more Foot-Dragging Mars Rover Finds Yellowstone-Like Hot Spring Deposits 
Tempe AZ (SPX) May 23, 2008Deposits of nearly pure silica discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in Gusev Crater formed when volcanic steam or hot water (or maybe both) percolated through the ground. Such deposits are found around hydrothermal vents like those in Yellowstone National Park. That's the conclusion of planetary scientists working with data collected by the rover's Miniature Thermal Emission Spe ... more Phoenix Mission To Mars Will Search For Climate Clues 
St. Louis MO (SPX) May 25, 2008On May 25, 2008, approaching 5 p.m. PDT, NASA scientists will be wondering: Just how green is their valley? That's because at that time the Phoenix Mars Mission space vehicle will be touching down on its three legs to make a soft landing onto the northern Mars terrain called Green Valley. Of course, no valley is actually green on the Red Planet. The place got its name after analysis of ima ... more
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