Phoenix surface mission

3488 · Jul 17, 2008

Sol 50 Sun @ 23:01. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/9/15/39130070-909c-4a60-afd6-29a7f6b567ad.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  Azm 359.14 deg @ 23:09. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/1/2/013da389-2a6c-4fd8-923d-93adb0158779.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  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 · Jul 17, 2008

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=13317&cID=149 http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=13317&cID=149Icy soil in scoop for 10 hours & 29 minutes on Sol 50. Checking for sublimation.Icy soil in scoop at 12:05 HRS Sol 50 local time Scandia Colles. <a href="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Forums/#" title="Click to view a larger photo" onclick="return gSiteLife.LoadForumPage('ForumImage', 'plckPhotoId', 'b2de17c0-877d-419e-824d-b40a5362b39e', 'plckRedirectUrl', gSiteLife.EscapeValue(window.location.href));"><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/2/2/b2de17c0-877d-419e-824d-b40a5362b39e.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  </a>Icy soil in scoop at 13:14 HRS Sol 50 local time Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/5/15/c5c744fa-0019-40a2-bf4c-f77e9388c70f.Medium.jpg" alt="" /> Icy soil in scoop at 16:19 HRS Sol 50 local time Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/9/2/8971b02e-8e18-4aa6-8286-fa1559eb859a.Medium.jpg" alt="" />http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=13486&cID=149 Icy soil in scoop at 20:09 HRS Sol 50 local time Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/11/9ef33728-3ffe-4916-8b30-31c19b261437.Medium.jpg" alt="" />Icy soil in scoop at 22:34 HRS Sol 50 local time Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/15/2/1f0de946-f3be-42e8-92b1-2e11c6aa9e5f.Medium.jpg" alt="" /> 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 · Jul 18, 2008

Looking due North @ 11:09 PM / 23:09 local time in Scandia Colles on Sol 50. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/10/2/4aad76d5-275b-4bad-9278-f1cc74e5afc3.Medium.jpg" alt="" />I've had a go @ enhancing it a bit, cropping the edges & centering Due North. Due to the high latitude of the landing site of Phoenix @ 68 degrees 13’ North & that Sol 50 is just 20 Sols past the northern Martian Summer Solstice, the Sun does not set until approximately Sol 88 on Saturday 23rd August 2008. The Sun is just off to the left of the frame. The North Pole on Mars is approximately 1,303 KM / 809 miles away, straight up the centre of the image. 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 · Jul 18, 2008

This literally just in. Sol 53 view of Sun @ 12:52 AM / 00:52 Hrs local time Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/14/6b56092b-42d5-4275-9e34-3845e0279a91.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  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 · Jul 19, 2008

Sol 53 view of Sun @ 12:53 AM / 00:53 Hrs local time Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/2/7/22389ef5-a7c2-4c40-b796-2c89112bf69c.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  Phoenix has successfully rasped some more regolith. Sol 53.http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=14289&cID=159<img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/3/12/f3251859-f102-4349-bc35-69cbf953eb86.Medium.jpg" alt="" />Sol 53 view of Martian Tundra, -10.64 deg alt. 225.34 deg Azm. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/8/6/38296c0b-a5b7-47e6-a615-85bdf13a13b1.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  Shows a nice square polygonal border.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>

victo · Jul 20, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'> Sol 53 view of Sun @ 12:53 AM / 00:53 Hrs local time Scandia Colles.  Phoenix has successfully rasped some more regolith. Sol 53.Sol 53 view of Martian Tundra, -10.64 deg alt. 225.34 deg Azm.  Shows a nice square polygonal border.Andrew Brown.  Posted by 3488</DIV>Hi! Do you know why they commanded TEGA to open a new door? My latest info was that they are confident to deliver soil in through the partly opened door on the other side.(Congratulations, great discussions, go ahead with interesting posts!)

IshKabbible · Jul 20, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Hi! Do you know why they commanded TEGA to open a new door? My latest info was that they are confident to deliver soil in through the partly opened door on the other side.(Congratulations, great discussions, go ahead with interesting posts!) Posted by victo</DIV>The doors on TA0 were opened in preparation for receiving our first ice sample. TA5 (the one with the partially open doors) is on the South (= warm) side of TEGA. Only the North side analyzers get cold enough that the ice will not melt on the screen. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

centsworth_II · Jul 20, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Hi! Do you know why they commanded TEGA to open a new door? Posted by victo</DIV> They decided about a week ago to use a new door.  They knew the end doors would open much better and are afraid that the use of the vibrator to get the next sample into the oven could (small chance) cause a fatal short circuit.  So they decided to open an end door to get a good ice sample in, which needs to be done quickly before the ice disappears.  That way, if the worst (small chance!) happens, at least they will have gotten an analysis of the ice.  I wonder, if a short does happen, will it affect the analysis of the sample that entered the oven when the short occurred? But I won't worry too much, after all there is just a SMALL CHANCE of that happening. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

abq_farside · Jul 21, 2008

Sol 55 Bump - thread was getting close to going off the first page - can't have that happen. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Don't let who you are keep you from becoming who you want to be! </div>

MeteorWayne · Jul 21, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Sol 55 Bump - thread was getting close to going off the first page - can't have that happen. Posted by abq_farside</DIV> Yes, a large amount of 1 line clutter today...

I note it has been removed, but still affected the page layout.Hopefully there will be some news later today on how the ice colection tests have gone leading up to an icy TEGA sample this week. <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>

KzooKidd · Jul 21, 2008

Can some please provide me with a link to the Phoenix Landing Site Panorama?  I thought that I saw a thread with the link, but maybe I was mistaken.By the way, if you haven't watched the new Earth Biography Series on the National Geographic Channel, then make sure that you check it out.  They did a great job of tying the Earth's water, lava, ice, and atmosphere together to show how we rely on all the systems to sustain life on our great planet.The same cycles probably occurred on Mars billions of years ago before Mars cooled and became the baron planet that it is today.     <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Kzoo Kidd </div>

MeteorWayne · Jul 21, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Can some please provide me with a link to the Phoenix Landing Site Panorama?  I thought that I saw a thread with the link, but maybe I was mistaken.By the way, if you haven't watched the new Earth Biography Series on the National Geographic Channel, then make sure that you check it out.  They did a great job of tying the Earth's water, lava, ice, and atmosphere together to show how we rely on all the systems to sustain life on our great planet.The same cycles probably occurred on Mars billions of years ago before Mars cooled and became the baron planet that it is today.     Posted by KzooKidd</DIV> Here's one so far...http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001548/ <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>

MeteorWayne · Jul 21, 2008

Tega oven 0 open and ready to receive the ice sample.Wide open! <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" />Also a HiRise view of the lander from above. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/0/3/7011b35a-0114-4334-a392-1b7fd0d48726.Medium.jpg" alt="" /> <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/2/3/82fcb725-e4ac-455a-b384-40a1d9ad4d9d.Medium.jpg" alt="" /> <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>

bobw · Jul 21, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Wide open! Posted by MeteorWayne</DIV>Oh Yah!  The openest one so far

MeteorWayne · Jul 21, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Oh Yah!  The openest one so far

Posted by bobw</DIV> Feed Me! Feed Me!  <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" /> <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 · Jul 21, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Tega oven 0 open and ready to receive the ice sample.Wide open! Also a HiRise view of the lander from above. Posted by MeteorWayne</DIV> Thank you very much Wayne. I feel really crappy today, not too well at all, but thanks for your updates as usual. Oven 0 looks fully open, hopefully there will be no need to have to vibrate the oven to get the sample through the sieve. The rasping technique appears to pulverize the regolith very well, hopefully negating that procedure.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 · Jul 21, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'> Thank you very much Wayne. I feel really crappy today, not too well at all, but thanks for your updates as usual. Oven 0 looks fully open, hopefully there will be no need to have to vibrate the oven to get the sample through the sieve. The rasping technique appears to pulverize the regolith very well, hopefully negating that procedure.Andrew Brown. Posted by 3488</DIV> Sorry to hear you're not feeling well. Work on that. I knew something was amiss since you checked in so late.Hopefully we'll hear later today when they plan to move the ice in. No updates yet on any of the 5 Phoenix sites I monitor regularly. <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>

MeteorWayne · Jul 21, 2008

Today's mission:<h1>NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through The Night</h1>July 21, 2008 To coordinate with observations made by an orbiter flying repeatedly overhead, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is working a schedule Monday that includes staying awake all night for the first time. Phoenix is using its weather station, stereo camera and conductivity probe to monitor changes in the lower atmosphere and ground surface at the same time NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter studies the atmosphere and ground from above. The lander's fork-like thermal and conductivity probe was inserted into the soil Sunday for more than 24 hours of measurements coordinated with the atmosphere observations. One goal is to watch for time-of-day changes such as whether some water alters from ice phase to vapor phase and enters the atmosphere from the soil.  The Phoenix team's plans for Sol 56 also include commanding the lander to conduct additional testing of the techniques for collecting a sample of icy soil. When the team is confident about the collecting method, it plans to use Phoenix's robotic arm to deliver an icy sample to an oven of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA). <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 · Jul 22, 2008

Thanks Wayne, very interesting. I'm feeling much better today Wayne & this is something that I had asked for, near midnight obs of the landscape, Midnight Sun, etc. Looking forward to the next download. Ground at -16.72 deg Alt & 126.05 deg Azm at 12:11 AM / 00:11 Hrs Local time Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/8/8b023421-aa87-419c-9817-447d285f6eed.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  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>

efron_24 · Jul 22, 2008

Pretty ill myself too..but when out of bed.. I look at this forumand photo's like that make me happythanks <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

3488 · Jul 22, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Pretty ill myself too..but when out of bed.. I look at this forumand photo's like that make me happythanks Posted by efron_24</DIV>You are very welcome Chris. I hope you are not too seriously ill & you get better soon. I had a rough day yesterday, my condition playing up a bit, but today, I feel much better.These 'night time' images are superb. This is the first time that the same landscape has been viewed at midday & midnight on Mars, lighting & shadows completely reversed. The scientific results will be astounding regaring landforms, etc. I had asked for this formally on the NASA Phoenix Blog page, but do not know if I played any part in getting any of this done or if it was already scheduled.I am hoping that in the later download (I suspect there will be two downloads on Sol 56, with both 'night-time' & regular daytime data), we will get some more 'night-time imagery as well as the Sol 56 regular daytime data. I hope the scene centerd due South, due North & at Azm 151.58 degrees (large boulder, sunlit from the north) were captured close to midnight.Anyway, same scene as the one I posted earlier, but @ 4:26 AM / 04:26 Hrs Sol 56, local time Scandia Colles. <a href="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Forums/#" title="Click to view a larger photo" onclick="return gSiteLife.LoadForumPage('ForumImage', 'plckPhotoId', '19c28361-8bbd-4fb0-b1d2-47298f0d5cb3', 'plckRedirectUrl', gSiteLife.EscapeValue(window.location.href));"><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/9/1/19c28361-8bbd-4fb0-b1d2-47298f0d5cb3.Medium.jpg" alt="" /> </a>As above but at 2:33 AM / 02:33 Hrs local time Sol 56 Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/9/12/e9a34685-b4d4-4efc-ac90-bfa75d42973e.Medium.jpg" alt="" />As above, but at 12:14 AM / 00:14 Hrs local time, Sol 56 Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/7/8/d781045e-8b9a-40d2-a8a2-1fd5676c6a31.Medium.jpg" alt="" /> As above, but at 10:36 PM / 22:36 Hrs Sol 55 local time Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/12/c680ef11-205c-4919-bc31-900af8a53ac8.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  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 · Jul 22, 2008

Robotic Arm Camera. 9:56 PM / 21:56 Hrs, Sol 55, local time Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/13/3/ddd729ce-e370-4299-938a-f9544eb569a0.Medium.jpg" alt="" />As above but at 8:02 PM / 20:02 Hrs, Sol 55, local time Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/4/0/94b63ecb-6485-4084-903c-af19fa703b82.Medium.jpg" alt="" /> As above, but at 6:32 PM / 18:32 Hrs, Sol 55, local time Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/7/4/97cdf015-01f8-4e55-a4ab-b630ea8a3c8a.Medium.jpg" alt="" />As above, but at 2:08 PM / 14:08 Hrs, Sol 55, local time, Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/8/0/d8b9dd19-c3f7-4838-9015-70fd7b70c3be.Medium.jpg" alt="" />As above, but at 12:48 PM / 12:48 Hrs, Sol 55, local time, Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/1/3/b1ef4a05-2a38-47b4-93ae-b0267227f122.Medium.jpg" alt="" />As above, but at 11:25 AM / 11:25 Hrs, Sol 55, local time, Scandia Colles. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/0/12/f04bec36-08e0-4fe2-8ccc-82aeede93e63.Medium.jpg" alt="" />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>

efron_24 · Jul 22, 2008

ok.. at night we sometimes have a full moonHow about Deimos and Phobos.. are they visual at that pole ?Phobos might be too low .. so it might never go over the horizon there.. but Deimos ? it is proberbly to small to cast any shadows <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

3488 · Jul 22, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>ok.. at night we sometimes have a full moonHow about Deimos and Phobos.. are they visual at that pole ?Phobos might be too low .. so it might never go over the horizon there.. but Deimos ? it is proberbly to small to cast any shadows Posted by efron_24</DIV>Hi Chris, damn good question.From the Phoenix site, they both rise, but Phobos only to about 46' or three quarters of one degree above the southern horizon & be rather small. At Zenith, Phobos can appear to be about a third of the size of our moon, but only because Phobos is very close.In the high latitudes, Phobos not only is lower down, but is substantially further away, so looks very much smaller. From the Phoenix site in Scandia Colles, Phobos only appears two thirds as large as at Zenith or a quarter of the diameter of our moon or approx 8' 40" across & at most only attains 46' (three quarters of one degree) clearance of the southern horizon. You knew I had to do the following. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/0/9/50268ab8-cbb9-455d-893b-02dbeee3b039.Medium.gif" alt="" />  Phobos as seen from Phoenix site. Phobos barely above the horizon in Indus. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/1/0/51390364-e3cf-43a2-a068-cefd7a8024e9.Medium.gif" alt="" />  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>

bounce2 · Jul 23, 2008

Hi all , I guess I can be classified a lurker ,since I regularly read these posts without contributing.Sorry to say that's going to continue today,The phoenix lander has been on mars well over a month now.Will noone adress the issue:are there or are there not organics in the samples ?I understand there are technical difficulties but COME ON!!!stop dragging your feet lets hear some results

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