Phoenix surface mission

[3488]

<p><strong><font size="2">Another crop @&nbsp;enlargement of the mid area of the approx true colour view from Phoenix.</font></strong></p><p><font size="2" color="#000080"><strong>http://img377.imageshack.us/my.php?image=enlargementcropofmidsecuz1.jpg</strong></font><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/2/9/e2289268-4320-4242-89b3-58bc798312b7.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">Andrew Brown.</font></strong></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"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".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

<div id="post-241536" class="postcolor">Just a reminder, Press Briefing live on NASA TV at the top of the hour.... </div> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[Philotas]

<p>A quick heads up: ten minutes left before the press briefing is live at NASA TV.</p><p>&nbsp;Edit: MW beat me to it. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>A quick heads up: ten minutes left before the press briefing is live at NASA TV.&nbsp;Edit: MW beat me to it. <br />Posted by Philotas</DIV><br /><br />No problem Glad we're all paying attention!!</p><p>&nbsp;Underway now <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[nimbus]

This would've fit better in the previous thread.. Does anyone have a&nbsp;recording&nbsp;of the last part of the EDL commentary from NASA TV? &nbsp;Or know where I could find a copy? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Philotas]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>That would be great, but I wonder what those indications are.&nbsp; The fact that the parachute was deployed 7 seconds later than planned, I think, would present a problem in targeting the shot.&nbsp; It's all a matter of luck. <br />Posted by centsworth_II</DIV><br /><br />They got it! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>No problem Glad we're all paying attention!!&nbsp;Underway now <br />Posted by MeteorWayne</DIV><br /><br />MRO HiRise Image!! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[thor06]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>MRO HiRise Image!! <br /> Posted by MeteorWayne</DIV></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Wow, that is absolutely amazing!&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> <font color="#0000ff">                           www.watchnasatv.com</font></p><p>                          ONE PERCENT FOR NASA! </p> </div>

 

[Philotas]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>MRO HiRise Image!! <br />Posted by MeteorWayne</DIV><br /><br /><a id="thelink"><img id="thepic" src="http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/375/mroparalf0.jpg" alt="img368/375/mroparalf0.jpg" title="Click to visit ImageShack for Image Hosting!" /></a> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Philotas]

<p>Better version (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html):</p><p><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/5/3/25ecbb52-e478-4c98-a310-5b320aec0ca6.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[3488]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'><font color="#ff0000">Better version (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html):&nbsp; <br />Posted by Philotas</font></DIV></p><p><font size="2" color="#000000"><strong>A bit bloody disappointed that nothing has really happened during today. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.</strong></font></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">Amazing, Phoenix caught on the chute!!!!</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">Below footpad showing a small slide.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000080">http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=footpadslideyi1.jpg</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/0/4/f0b868c8-4975-4b01-84d2-b6ed5c5d31d5.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><br /><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">Andrew Brown.</font></strong></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"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".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[fractionofadot]

New images this evening <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Philotas]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>A bit bloody disappointed that nothing has really happened during today. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.Amazing, Phoenix caught on the chute!!!!Below footpad showing a small slide.http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=footpadslideyi1.jpgAndrew Brown. <br />Posted by 3488</DIV><br /><br />Indeed; but at least,&nbsp;if I got the details correctly, the first images of the next batch should start arriving in two hours, at 5-6 pm EDT. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Szkeptik]

<p>There wasn't much new, but the HiRise picture is very impressive. Eagerly awaiting the new pics!</p>

 

[centsworth_II]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>They got it! <br /> Posted by Philotas</DIV><br />Looks like they may have caught the shoot just as it opened (7 seconds later than expected).&nbsp; If they had taken the shot a few seconds earlier, they may have missed it. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[nimbus]

Man, I'm bummed.. No one knows where to find a copy of the descent commentary recording? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Andrey992]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Man, I'm bummed.. No one knows where to find a copy of the descent commentary recording? <br /> Posted by nimbus</DIV></p><p>&nbsp;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUKzhO4mlzU there are 8 parts of this</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[spin0]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Man, I'm bummed.. No one knows where to find a copy of the descent commentary recording? <br /> Posted by nimbus</DIV></p><p>Parts of the live coverage can be found in youtube: Phoenix landing: The 7 Minutes of terror LIVE FOOTAGE </p><p>Earlier descent animation with commentary: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/phoenix/phx20080522.php </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[thor06]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Man, I'm bummed.. No one knows where to find a copy of the descent commentary recording? <br /> Posted by nimbus</DIV></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>here is a quicky, JPL's compsite animation/real time audio</p><p>http://watchnasatv.com/wntv/Video_Features.html</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I enjoyed hearing some analysis of the photos, and yes that "on parachute" photo is quite a catch.&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> <font color="#0000ff">                           www.watchnasatv.com</font></p><p>                          ONE PERCENT FOR NASA! </p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

<p>Meteor Wayne's "Scribblenotes"</p><p>MRO image ("another boring engineering image"&nbsp<br />Shows Lander on the chute. Very cool!!</p><p>Later they said there was only a 20-40% chance it would work. Peter Smith was on the HiRise design team for a few years, so it was great to see the interagency cooperation.&nbsp; Barry Goldstien was skeptical when it was suggested; he has been reformed <br />Taken between 10 km and 1 km for sure.</p><p>Exact time it was taken not known yet, will get it during the next day or so. I'm sure by the time I finish this post Andrew or someone else will have uploaded it. SO they at the moment don't know exactly when and where in EDL it was taken.</p><p>Now have location within a 100X300 meter ellipse, probably just inside the previous 99% ellipse.</p><p>New task sequence has been uploaded through Odyssey, now at max data rate (another milestone) of 128 kb/sec.</p><p>In the 12-14 degree slice seen so far, polygons are smaller than expected, but it might be a case of polygons within polygons within polygons. Without 360 degree panorama (high priority) it's impossible to put into context.</p><p>Basic plan is instructions are radiod down in the (Sol) morning, data comes back in the evening. So new images will come down between 5 and 6 PM PDT this evening, and will be posted on the Sites when received, briefing tomorrow at 2PM EDT will discuss.</p><p>Footpad closeup showed small sideways movement which slightly disrupted the surface, so it is not hard as concrete.</p><p>Surface appears to be active, i.e. freeze/freeze cycle.</p><p>On earth Arctic has water fill in cracks in ice below, in antarctic, sand falls in the crack. Should be interesting to see what occurs here.</p><p>"White Thing" question. It is not a priority; the panorama is. MRO will also image this area now, so might detect something.</p><p>Robotic arm will probably move tomorrow after temperatur cycle is charachterised. Arm can only be moved above a certain temp.</p><p>BTW Current spacecraft temp is ~ -33C about 7 warmer than expected. Meteorological instruments will sample environment in the next day. Digging area will probably be 3-4 X 2-3 feet.</p><p>Alignment is 0.6 degrees off from perfect east west.</p><p>After I try and translate my notes, may add some comments later</p><p>Wayne</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[efron_24]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>&nbsp;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUKzhO4mlzU there are 8 parts of this <br />Posted by Andrey992</DIV></p><p>Thanks for that !</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I must say what we got to see today (European time) shortly after landing and now in the evening was GREAT.</p><p>Knowing there will be many more images when I wake up tomorrow is like the birthday or&nbsp;5 december&nbsp;(25 dec in the parts of the globe were they have Christmas) feeling when young.</p><p>&nbsp;The figures on the ground formed by frost and dawn... amazing</p><p>What amazed me most was not the parachute image, I wasn't even surprised that they had that.. (as soon as he started his joke about the techno thing, I knew they were going to show that).. the thing that surprised me (and some in that room) was the news that water can excist in in liquid state at the Northpole of Mars. I thought there was not enough pressure anywere on that planet, but obviously there is.. and that makes me wonder if with the arrival of winter they might be able to photograph snow and perhaps even rain.</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

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Indeed; but at least,&nbsp;if I got the details correctly, the first images of the next batch should start arriving in two hours, at 5-6 pm EDT. <br />Posted by Philotas[/QUOTE&nbsp;</p><p>I'm guessing that's PDT, since that's where JPL and U of A are located.</p><p>they were not specific.<br /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[lildreamer]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Indeed; but at least,&nbsp;if I got the details correctly, the first images of the next batch should start arriving in two hours, at 5-6 pm EDT. Posted by Philotas[/QUOTE&nbsp;I'm guessing that's PDT, since that's where JPL and U of A are located.they were not specific. <br />Posted by MeteorWayne</DIV><br /><br />guys can some one take a closer look upper&nbsp;right &nbsp;corner of this shot</p><p>http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/230000main_SS000EFF896228773_10CA8R8M1.jpg</p><p>it's an anomaly I'm trying to understand - &nbsp;almost makes me feel they captured and impact of some kind occurring at that moment</p><p>here's blown up shot<br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/2/13/82414774-d8e9-447c-8d3e-e4be96739a5a.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>i've noticed its in all the images that point in that location - maybe my eyes are playing tricks but can some one do a better "look" at it.&nbsp; I don't believe its an image artifact...</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Andrey992]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>guys can some one take a closer look upper&nbsp;right &nbsp;corner of this shothttp://www.nasa.gov/images/content/230000main_SS000EFF896228773_10CA8R8M1.jpgit's an anomaly I'm trying to understand - &nbsp;almost makes me feel they captured and impact of some kind occurring at that momenthere's blown up shoti've noticed its in all the images that point in that location - maybe my eyes are playing tricks but can some one do a better "look" at it.&nbsp; I don't believe its an image artifact... <br /> Posted by lildreamer</DIV></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Dust Devil?&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[SpaceKiwi]

<p>Just a heads-up for folks ... our very own MattBlack is going to speak to New Zealand on the radio about the Phoenix Lander after the top of the hour coming up.&nbsp; If you would like to listen in and&nbsp;hear what he has to say, here is the link to stream the station ...</p><p>http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/streaming/newstalkzb-streaming.asp</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>SK&nbsp; <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/10/1/6aca6efb-c07a-49ff-913e-3140306d466f.Medium.gif" alt="" /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>