Phoenix Mars Lander.

3488 · Aug 5, 2007

Thanks MeteorWayne, That is a rather nice article. Confirmation of The Phoenix has taken flight & is doing rather well !!!!!! <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" />. I am certainly very happy today. The success of this launch has finally sunk in!!!!! <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

thereiwas · Aug 5, 2007

I see your point about biotes sinking to the bottom. But according to the guy on the panel on NASA TV, their thinking is that the ice would preservethem better. Now that I think about it, that would only be true if it was really oldice. Like Noachian old (3.5 billion years ago). I wonder if there is a way to judge the age of the ice? I am sure the techniques used on Earth would not work.

bobblebob · Aug 5, 2007

How often does Phoenix communicate with earth once in cruise mode?

j05h · Aug 5, 2007

>dialup I am so sorry. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div align="center">We need a first generation of pioneers. </div> </div>

jimfromnsf · Aug 5, 2007

"How often does Phoenix communicate with earth once in cruise mode?" It will vary. It will be continuous for the first 30 days or so and will drop to 3 -15 8 hours periods per week. this is based on MER and MRO

3488 · Aug 6, 2007

Post deleted by 3488 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

3488 · Aug 6, 2007

Post deleted by 3488 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

bpcooper · Aug 6, 2007

Guys you can't post these photos here. Please remove them and link back to the site.

abq_farside · Aug 6, 2007

Nice pic here from Reuters /i> This does make a nice desktop - it is very clear. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Don't let who you are keep you from becoming who you want to be! </div>

exoscientist · Aug 7, 2007

An archive of Phoenix science and launch news conferences as well as other NASA news conferences is available here: Space-multimedia. http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=1&id=1&Itemid=2 Bob Clark <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

3488 · Aug 7, 2007

Cheers exoscientist. Like the links very much. Thank You. Just such a relief that the Phoenix is safely on her way. Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

MeteorWayne · Aug 7, 2007

Nice to see you back <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id. I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function </div>

3488 · Aug 7, 2007

Cheers MeteorWayne, I'm feeling much better now, just went through a crappy cranky episode, that made me feel quite ill. It just happens sometimes, unfortunately it comes with my condition. Never mind, these things happen. Good to be back. Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

3488 · Aug 11, 2007

NASA's Mars-Bound Phoenix Adjusts Course Successfully 08.10.07 NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander today accomplished the first and largest of six course corrections planned during the spacecraft's flight from Earth to Mars. Phoenix left Earth Aug. 4, bound for a challenging touchdown on May 25, 2008, at a site farther north than any previous Mars landing. It will robotically dig to underground ice and run laboratory tests assessing whether the site could ever have been hospitable to microbial life. Phoenix today is traveling at about 33,180 meters per second (74,200 miles per hour) in relation to the sun. The first trajectory-correction maneuver was calculated to tweak the velocity by about 18.5 meters per second (41 miles per hour). The spacecraft fired its four mid-size thrusters for three minutes and 17 seconds to adjust its trajectory. "All the subsystems are functioning as expected with few deviations from predicted performance," said Joe Guinn, Phoenix mission system manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Key activities in the next few weeks will include checkouts of science instruments, radar and the communication system that will be used during and after the landing. The second trajectory-correction maneuver is planned for mid-October. "These first two together take out the bias intentionally put in at launch," said JPL's Brian Portock, Phoenix navigation team chief. Without the correction maneuvers, the spacecraft's course after launch day would miss Mars by about 950,000 kilometers (590,000 miles), an intentional offset to prevent the third stage of the launch vehicle from hitting Mars. The launch vehicle is not subject to the rigorous cleanliness requirements that the spacecraft must meet as a protection against letting Earth organisms get a foothold on Mars. The burn bega <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

MeteorWayne · Aug 25, 2007

Bumping the real Phoenix Mission thread back to the top. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id. I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function </div>

3488 · Aug 25, 2007

Thanks MeteorWayne. Its good to see that Uplink appears to be working again. Nothing really to report on Phoenix right now, which is good news, because it means all is well. Cheers again. Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

3488 · Aug 26, 2007

Mars Phoenix Lander position as seen from Earth. Sunday 26th August 2007. 21:39 GMT. Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

brellis · Sep 5, 2007

Phoenix Passes Checkouts Two crucial tools for a successful landing of America's latest mission to Mars, the radar and UHF radio on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, have passed in-flight checkouts. The ultra-high-frequency radio won't be turned on again until landing day, May 25, 2008, when it will relay communications from Phoenix to orbiters already in service around Mars. Since launch on Aug. 4, 2007, and until the day it reaches Mars, Phoenix is communicating directly with Earth via even higher frequency X-band radio, mounted on a part of the spacecraft that will be jettisoned shortly before Phoenix hits the top of the Martian atmosphere. The radar will monitor the spacecraft's fast-shrinking distance to the ground during the final three minutes before touchdown on Mars, triggering descent-engine firings and other necessary events during the most challenging moments of the mission. The Phoenix flight operations team tested the radar and UHF radio on Aug. 24. Four days earlier, the team ran the first in-flight checkout of a Phoenix science instrument. This test focused on the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, which will check for water, carbon-containing molecules and other chemicals of interest in the icy soil of Mars. The checkout verified the health of an ion pump, which will be used during the transit to Mars to remove most water vapor carried from Earth with the instrument. Four additional science instruments are scheduled for checkouts before the spacecraft's next trajectory correction maneuver, planned for Oct. 16. As of Sept. 1, Phoenix will have covered 81 million kilometers (50 million miles) of its 679-million kilometer (422-million-mile) flight to Mars. It is traveling at 34 kilometers per second (76,000 mph) in relation to the sun. Meanwhile, careful preparations continue for the white-knuckle minutes before landi <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> I'm a recovering optimist - things could be better. </div>

3488 · Sep 5, 2007

Thank you very much for that excellent, wonderful news brellis. Launch 100% successful. Interplanetary Cruise 100% successful thus far. <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" /> GREAT stuff!!!! <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> . WOO HOO. Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

bobblebob · Sep 5, 2007

"It is traveling at 34 kilometers per second (76,000 mph)" Thats something i just cant get my head around, the speed at which it is travelling

brellis · Sep 7, 2007

Phoenix Mission Page gotcha! It's a shot of the robotic arm tucked away inside the vehicle, lit only by an led. Chekc it out! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> I'm a recovering optimist - things could be better. </div>

3488 · Sep 8, 2007

I have, Thanks brellis, that is pretty cool. The first image from Phoenix after launch. Shows this mission is going very well. Keep it up Phoenix. Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

3488 · Sep 17, 2007

A few post launch self portraits, well of the soil scoop anyway. True colour post launch shot of Soil Scoop. Post Launch Soil Scoop lit by Green Diode. Post Launch Soil Scoop lit by Blue Diode. Post Launch Soil Scoop lit by Red Diode. Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

MeteorWayne · Oct 5, 2007

From here: Researchers are gathered in Tucson this week to perform surface science operations for the University of Arizona-led Phoenix Mars Lander mission, even thought the explorer is still 319 million miles from its target. A five-day mission operational readiness test at the UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Science Operations Center at 1415 N. Sixth Ave. will realistically simulate the work to be done after the Lander reaches Mars, said Sara Hammond, public affairs manager for the mission. About 75 researchers have joined the 50 Tucson-based mission team members for the test, she said, representing most of the scientists who will run the mission's surface science operations from Tucson next year. Using a full-scale engineering model of the Lander in a simulated Martian landscape in the LPL's Payload Interoperability Testbed, scientists are practicing the exploration experiments they will be performing during Martian days 34 to 38 of the mission, which is slated to last at least 90 days after the Lander arrives on Mars May 25, 2008. The real lander is hurtling through space at more than 76,000 mph. The $420 million mission will seek evidence of water and evidence of elements of life that would show living organisms could have existed, or still exist, on our neighboring planet. During the operational readiness test researchers will practice operating on Martian days - called sols - which are 39 minutes and 35.244 seconds longer than an Earth day. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id. I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function </div>

3488 · Oct 30, 2007

Update here. Course correction & Safing Event. Looks like a cosmic ray strike, but Phoenix is O.K. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

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