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Martian Arctic Dust Devil, Phoenix Sol 104
The Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander caught this dust devil in action west of the lander at 11:49 a.m. local Mars time on Sol 104, or the 104th Martian day of the mission, Sept. 9, 2008.
› Read More September 11, 2008
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Solar Panel Buffeted by Wind at Phoenix Site
Winds were strong enough to cause about a half a centimeter (.19 inch) of motion of a solar panel on NASA's Phoenix Mars lander when the lander's Surface Stereo Imager took this picture on Aug. 31, 2008, during the 96th Martian day since landing.
› Read More September 11, 2008
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Picking up Clues from the Discard Pile
As NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander excavates trenches, it also builds piles with most of the material scooped from the holes. The piles, like this one called "Caterpillar," provide researchers some information about the soil.
› Read More August 28, 2008
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Phoenix Robotic Arm's Workspace After 90 Sols
During the first 90 Martian days, or sols, after its May 25, 2008, landing on an arctic plain of Mars, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander dug several trenches in the workspace reachable with the lander's robotic arm.
› Read More August 27, 2008
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Ice Cold Sunrise on Mars
From the location of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, above the Martian arctic circle, the sun does not set during the peak of the Martian summer.
› Read More August 26, 2008
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Deep 'Stone Soup' Trenching by Phoenix
Digging by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on Aug. 23, 2008, during the 88th sol (Martian day) since landing, reached a depth about three times greater than in any trench Phoenix has excavated.
› Read More August 25, 2008
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Mid-Level Soil Sample for Oven Number Seven
Soil from a sample called Burning Coals was delivered through the doors of cell number seven (left) of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on Aug. 20, 2008, during the 85th Martian day, or sol, since Phoenix landed.
› Read More August 21, 2008
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Phoenix's Workspace
This mosaic of images taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo
Imager shows Phoenix's workspace, informally named "Wonderland," with the major
trenches and features that have been informally named as of Sol 84 (August 19,
2008), the 84th Martian day after landing.
› Read More August 20, 2008
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Morning Frost on Martian Surface
A thin layer of water frost is visible on the ground around NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in this image taken by the Surface Stereo Imager at 6 a.m. on Sol 79 (August 14, 2008), the 79th Martian day after landing.
› Read More August 15, 2008
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Atomic Force Microscope Operation
This animation is a scientific illustration of the operation of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Atomic Force Microscope, or AFM. The AFM is part of Phoenix's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer, or MECA.
› Read More August 14, 2008
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Images from Phoenix's MECA Instruments
The image on the upper left is from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Optical Microscope after a sample informally called "Sorceress" was delivered to its silicon substrate on the 38th Martian day, or sol, of the mission (July 2, 2008).
› Read More August 14, 2008
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Sharp Tips on the Atomic Force Microscope
This image shows eight sharp tips of the NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Atomic Force Microscope, or AFM. The AFM is part of Phoenix's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer, or MECA.
› Read More August 13, 2008
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Images from Phoenix's MECA Instruments
The image on the upper left is from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Optical Microscope after a sample informally called "Sorceress" was delivered to its silicon substrate on the 38th Martian day, or sol, of the mission (July 2, 2008).
› Read More August 13, 2008
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Color View of 'Rosy Red' Delivered to TEGA
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager took this false color image on Sol 72 (August 7, 2008), the 72nd Martian day after landing. It shows a soil sample from a trench informally called "Rosy Red" after being delivered to a gap between partially opened doors on the lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA.
› Read More August 8, 2008
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'Snow White' Trench
This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 43, the 43rd Martian day after landing (July 8, 2008).
› Read More August 5, 2008
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Sixty-One Martian Days of Weather Monitoring
The Canadian Meteorological Station on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander tracked some changes in daily weather patterns over the first 61 Martian days of the mission (May 26 to July 22, 2008), a period covering late spring to early summer on northern Mars.
› Read More July 31, 2008
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Phoenix's Workspace
This image taken by NASA's PHoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager shows the current trenches, labeled Dodo-Goldilocks and Snow White, and the areas identified for future digging, labeled Cupboard and Neverland.
› Read More July 31, 2008
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'Snow Queen' Animation
This animation consists of two close-up images of "Snow Queen," taken several days apart, by the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
› Read More July 29, 2008
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After Sample-Delivery Attempt, Sol 62
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander collected a soil sample and attempted to deliver some of it to a laboratory oven on the deck during the mission's 62nd Martian day, or sol, (July 28, 2008).
› Read More July 28, 2008
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Soil Still in Scoop After Sample-Delivery Attempt
This image from the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows that soil remained inside the arm's scoop after an attempt to deliver a soil sample to a laboratory oven during the lander's 60th Martian day, or sol (July 26, 2008).
› Read More July 26, 2008
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Midnight Sun on Mars
This panorama mosaic of images was taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on board NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. This mosaic documents the midnight sun during several days of the mission.
› Read More July 23, 2008
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Before & After Scraping on Sol 56
This animation combines two images of the trench informally named "Snow White" taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on July 21, 2008, during the lander's 56th Martian day, or sol, since landing.
› Read More July 22, 2008
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Oh Canada!
This color mosaic image of the protective cover of the lidar onboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander was taken by the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) on Sol 35, or the 35th day of the mission, June 30, 2008.
› Read More July 17, 2008
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Rasped Soil Sample in Phoenix Scoop
This image, taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera on Sol 50, the 50th day of the mission, July 15, 2008, shows material collected in the lander's scoop from the rasping activity on the Martian surface.
› Read More July 16, 2008
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Rasping in 'Snow White'
This image, taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 50, or the 50th day of the mission, July 15, 2008, shows two holes at the top created by the lander's Robotic Arm's motorized rasp tool.
› Read More July 16, 2008
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Rasp Tool on Phoenix Robotic Arm Model
This close-up photograph taken at the Payload Interoperability Testbed at the Univeristy of Arizona, Tucson, shows the motorized rasp protruding from the bottom of the scoop on the engineering model of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm.
› Read More July 15, 2008
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Phoenix Robotic Arm Rasp
This photograph shows the rasp protruding from the back of the scoop on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm engineering model in the Payload Interoperability Testbed at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
› Read More July 15, 2008
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Phoenix Conductivity Probe
This image taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 49, or the 49th Martian day of the mission (July 14, 2008), shows thermal and electrical conductivity probe on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm.
› Read More July 15, 2008
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Phoenix Scoop Inverted Showing Rasp
This image taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 49, or the 49th Martian day of the mission (July 14, 2008), shows the silver colored rasp protruding from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm scoop.
› Read More July 15, 2008
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Eyeing the Sky's Water Vapor
This image, and many like it, are one way NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is measuring trace amounts of water vapor in the atmosphere over far-northern Mars.
› Read More July 11, 2008
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Phoenix's Fork at the End of its Arm
This image taken by the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the lander's Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe (TECP) near the Martian surface on Sol 43, the 43rd Martian day after landing (July 8, 2008).
› Read More July 10, 2008
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Digging in "Snow White" trench
This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on the 44th Martian day of the mission, or Sol 43 (July 7, 2008), after the May 25, 2008, landing, showing the current sample scraping area in the trench informally called "Snow White."
› Read More July 8, 2008
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Phoenix Again Carries Soil to Wet Chemistry Lab
This image taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the lander's Robotic Arm scoop positioned over the Wet Chemistry Lab Cell 1 delivery funnel on Sol 41, the 42nd Martian day after landing, or July 6, 2008, after a soil sample was delivered to the instrument.
› Read More July 7, 2008
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Snow White 5 Trench
Snow White 5 is Phoenix's current active digging area after additional trenching, grooming, and scraping by Phoenix's Robotic Arm in the last few sols to trenches informally called Snow White 1, 2, 3, and 4.
› Read More June 30, 2008
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Happy Mars Solstice!
This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) in the late afternoon of the 30th Martian day of the mission, or Sol 30 (June 25, 2008).
› Read More June 27, 2008
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Microscopic Materials on a Magnet
These images show a comparison of the weak magnet OM7 from the Optical Microscope on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander before (left) and after (right) soil deposition.
› Read More June 27, 2008
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'Rosy Red' Soil in Scoop
This image shows a microscopic view of fine-grained material at the tip of the Robotic Arm scoop as seen by the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on June 20, 2008, the 26th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
› Read More June 26, 2008
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Phoenix's Wet Chemistry Laboratory Units
This image shows four Wet Chemistry Laboratory units, part of the Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) instrument on board NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. This image was taken before Phoenix's launch on August 4, 2007.
› Read More June 26, 2008
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'Rosy Red' Soil in Phoenix's Scoop
This image shows fine-grained material inside the Robotic Arm scoop as seen by the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on June 25, 2008, the 30th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
› Read More June 26, 2008
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Phoenix's Wet Chemistry Lab
This is an illustration of the analytical procedure of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Wet Chemistry Lab (WCL) on board the Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) instrument.
› Read More June 26, 2008
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Pan and Zoom of 'Rosy Red' Soil in Scoop
This pan and zoom animation shows a microscopic view of fine-grained material at the tip of the Robotic Arm scoop as seen by the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on June 20, 2008, the 26th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
› Read More June 26, 2008
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A Wet Chemistry Laboratory Cell
This picture of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Wet Chemistry Laboratory (WCL) cell is labeled with components responsible for mixing Martian soil with water from Earth, adding chemicals and measuring the solution chemistry. WCL is part of the Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) instrument suite on board the Phoenix lander.
› Read More June 26, 2008
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Delivery to the Wet Chemistry Laboratory
This portion of a picture acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera documents the delivery of soil to one of four Wet Chemistry Laboratory (WCL) cells on the 30th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
› Read More June 26, 2008
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Image of 'Rosy Red' Soil in Scoop
This image shows a close-up view of fine-grained material at the tip of the Robotic Arm scoop as seen by the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on June 20, 2008, the 26th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
› Read More June 26, 2008
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Phoenix Carries Soil to Wet Chemistry Lab
This image taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the lander's Robotic Arm scoop positioned over the Wet Chemistry Lab delivery funnel on Sol 29, the 29th Martian day after landing, or June 24, 2008.
› Read More June 24, 2008
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Phoenix's Workplace Map
This image from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the spacecraft's recent activity site as of the 23rd Martian day of the mission, or Sol 22 (June 16, 2008), after the spacecraft touched down on the Red Planet's northern polar plains.
› Read More June 20, 2008
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Phoenix's Lay of the Land
This image from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the spacecraft's recent activity site as of the 23rd Martian day of the mission, or Sol 22 (June 16, 2008), after the spacecraft touched down on the Red Planet's northern polar plains.
› Read More June 20, 2008
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Snow White Trenches
This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on the 25th Martian day of the mission, or Sol 24 (June 19, 2008), after the May 25, 2008, landing.
› Read More June 20, 2008
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Ice on Mars -- Now it's Gone
This color image was acquired by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on the 25th day of the mission, or Sol 24 (June 19, 2008).
› Read More June 20, 2008
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Ice on Mars -- Now You See It
This color image was acquired by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on the 21st day of the mission, or Sol 20 (June 15, 2008).
› Read More June 20, 2008
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Disappearing Ice In Color
These color images were acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on the 21st and 25th days of the mission, or Sols 20 and 24 (June 15 and 19, 2008).
› Read More June 20, 2008
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Disappearing Ice In Color
These color images were acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on the 21st and 25th days of the mission, or Sols 20 and 24 (June 15 and 19, 2008).
› Read More June 20, 2008
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Disappearing Ice
These images were acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on the 21st and 25th days of the mission, or Sols 20 and 24 (June 15 and 19, 2008).
› Read More June 19, 2008
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Digging of 'Snow White' Begins
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander began excavating a new trench, dubbed "Snow White," in a patch of Martian soil near the center of a polygonal surface feature, nicknamed "Cheshire Cat."
› Read More June 17, 2008
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Sprinkle Test by Phoenix Robotic Arm
Based on the test's success in delivering a small quantity and fine-size particles, the Phoenix team plans to use the sprinkle method for delivering samples to MECA and to the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA.
› Read More June 13, 2008
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Looking North from Phoenix
This series of images, taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager, has been combined into a panoramic view looking north from the lander.
› Read More June 13, 2008
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Blowing in the Wind Animations
These are two separate, side-by-side animations made from the same nine images the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander took looking into the sky.
› Read More June 13, 2008
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First Sample Delivery to Mars Microscope
The Robotic Arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has just delivered the first sample of dug-up soil to the spacecraft's microscope station in this image taken by the Surface Stereo Imager during the mission's Sol 17 (June 12), or 17th Martian day after landing.
› Read More June 12, 2008
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Sprinkle Test by Phoenix's Robotic Arm (Movie)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander used its Robotic Arm during the mission's 15th Martian day since landing (June 9, 2008) to test a "sprinkle" method for delivering small samples of soil to instruments on the lander deck.
› Read More June 10, 2008
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TEGA Whirligig Model
This is a photo of an engineering model of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) instrument on board NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
› Read More June 9, 2008
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Clumps in Phoenix Scoop
This sample of Martian soil was collected by the NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander during the 14th Martian day after landing (June 8, 2008) for later delivery to the lander's Optical Microscope.
› Read More June 9, 2008
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Soil Delivery to Phoenix Oven
This image shows a view from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Stereo Surface Imager's left eye after delivery of soil to the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA), taken on the 12th Martian day after landing (Sol 12, June 6, 2008).
› Read More June 7, 2008
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Sampling Strategy
Three locations to the right of the test dig area are identified for the first samples to be delivered to the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA), the Wet Chemistry Lab (WCL), and the Optical Microscope (OM) on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
› Read More June 4, 2008
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Second Dig and Dump Test
The Robotic Arm took a second scoop full of soil and revealed whitish material at the bottom of the dig area informally called the "Knave of Hearts".
› Read More June 4, 2008
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Phoenix's "Dodo" Trench
This image was taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) on the ninth Martian day of the mission, or Sol 9 (June 3, 2008).
› Read More June 4, 2008
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Telltale animation
This animation of the NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's telltale was made from five images taken by Phoenix's Stereo Surface Imager (SSI) just after 4:37 PM local Mars time on the ninth Martian day of the mission, or Sol 9 (June 3, 2008).
› Read More June 4, 2008
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Telltale animation
This animation of the NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's telltale was made from five images taken by Phoenix's Stereo Surface Imager (SSI) near 3:00 PM local Mars time on the ninth Martian day of the mission, or Sol 9 (June 3, 2008).
› Read More June 4, 2008
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Telltale animation
This animation of the NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's telltale was made from five images taken by Phoenix's Stereo Surface Imager (SSI) just after 1:10 PM local Mars time on the eighth Martian day of the mission, or Sol 8 (June 2, 2008).
› Read More June 4, 2008
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Partially Opened Oven on Phoenix
This view from the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows partial opening of doors to one of the tiny ovens of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer.
› Read More June 3, 2008
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Scoopful of Martian Soil After Release
This sequence of two images was acquired by NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander’s Surface Stereo Imager on sols 6 and 7--the sixth and seventh days of the mission (May 31 and June 1, 2008).
› Read More June 3, 2008
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Stereo View of Phoenix Test Sample Site
This anaglyph image, acquired by NASA's Phoenix Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 7, the seventh day of the mission (June 1, 2008), shows a stereoscopic 3D view of the so-called "Knave of Hearts" first-dig test area to the north of the lander. The Robotic Arm's scraping blade left a small horizontal depression above where the sample was taken.
› Read More June 2, 2008
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Phoenix Test Sample Site in Color
This color image, acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 7, the seventh day of the mission (June 1, 2008), shows the so-called "Knave of Hearts" first-dig test area to the north of the lander.
› Read More June 2, 2008
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Martian Soil Inside Phoenix's Robotic Arm Scoop
This image from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) shows material from the Martian surface captured by the Robotic Arm (RA) scoop during its first test dig and dump on the seventh Martian day of the mission, or Sol 7 (June 1, 2008).
› Read More June 2, 2008
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Phoenix Test Sample Site
This image, acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 7, the seventh day of the mission (June 1, 2008), shows the so-called "Knave of Hearts" first-dig test area to the north of the lander.
› Read More June 2, 2008
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Phoenix Makes an Impression on Mars
This view from the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the first impression -- dubbed Yeti and shaped like a wide footprint -- made on the Martian soil by the robotic arm scoop on Sol 6, the sixth Martian day of the mission, (May 31, 2008).
› Read More June 1, 2008
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Potential Ice Table Under Lander Imaged
This image captured by the Robotic Arm Camera aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on Sol 6, the sixth Martian day of the mission, (May 31, 2008) shows a close-up of the "Snow Queen" feature under the lander.
› Read More June 1, 2008
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Hard Substrate, Possibly Ice
The Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander captured this image underneath the lander on the fifth Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
› Read More May 31, 2008
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Mars Weather Report - Sol 4
The weather, as taken by the Canadian meteorological station, at the Phoenix landing site on Sol 4 was sunny with increasing dust, and therefore decreased visibility.
› Read More May 30, 2008
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Phoenix site panorama
This view is compiled of images from Phoenix's Stereo Surface Imager (SSI) camera that were taken on sols 1 and 3.
› Read More May 30, 2008
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Animation of Sol 3 Lidar Use
This series of images was taken by the Surface Stereo Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander during the firing of the spacecraft's lidar on Sol 3.
› Read More May 30, 2008
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Sweeping Martian Plains
This 360-degree view from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the spacecraft's solar arrays, lander deck and the Martian polar landscape beyond.
› Read More May 29, 2008
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A Fairy-Tale Landscape
Fun, fairy-tale nicknames have been assigned to features in this mosaic of images showing the workspace reachable by the robotic arm of Phoenix.
› Read More May 29, 2008
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Mars Weather Report - Sol 2
The weather at the Phoenix landing site on Sol 2 was sunny with moderate dust, with a high of - 30 degrees Celsius (-22 degrees Fahrenheit) and a low of -80 (-112 degrees Fahrenheit).
› Read More May 29, 2008
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Color view to northwest of Phoenix
This approximate color (SSI's red, green, and blue filters: 600, 530, and 480 nanometers) view was obtained on sol 2 by the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) on board the Phoenix lander.
› Read More May 28, 2008
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Phoenix Color Targets
These images of three Phoenix color targets were taken on sols 1 and 2 by the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) on board the Phoenix lander.
› Read More May 28, 2008
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Robotic Arm End Effector
Image illustrates the tools on the end of the arm that are used to acquire samples, image the contents of the scoop, and perform science experiments.
› Read More May 28, 2008
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Phoenix 'Gets the Scoop' on the Scoop
This is the first image taken by the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, one day after landing. In the center of the image is the robotic scoop the lander will use to dig into the surface, collect samples and touch water ice on Mars for the first time.
› Read More May 28, 2008
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Protective Film Moves Aside
Relatively warmer daytime temperatures on Mars have allowed the biobarrier -- a shiny, protective film -- to peel away a little more from the robotic arm of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
› Read More May 27, 2008
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Phoenix Opens its Eyes
This image, one of the first captured by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, shows the vast plains of the northern polar region of Mars.
› Read More May 26, 2008
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Phoenix Makes a Grand Entrance
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander can be seen parachuting down to Mars, in this image captured by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
› Read More May 26, 2008
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Phoenix Makes a Grand Entrance
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander can be seen parachuting down to Mars, in this image captured by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
› Read More May 26, 2008
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Phoenix Footpad Up Close
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander did a small amount of excavation as it touched down on pebbly north polar terrain on the Red Planet, as shown in this close-up view of one of the lander's three footpads.
› Read More May 26, 2008
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Phoenix Raw Image
This is a raw, or unprocessed, image taken by the Phoenix lander on Mars, May 25, 2008.
This is a screen grab taken from NASA TV.
› Read More May 25, 2008
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Phoenix Raw Image
This is a raw, or unprocessed, image taken by the Phoenix lander on Mars, May 25, 2008.
This is a screen grab taken from NASA TV.
› Read More May 25, 2008
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Polygon on Mars
This image shows a small-scale polygonal pattern in the ground near NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. This pattern is similar in appearance to polygonal structures in icy ground in the arctic regions of Earth.
› Read More May 25, 2008
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Image from the Phoenix Lander
This image mosaic was acquired by the surface stereo imager right instrument of the Phoenix spacecraft on the surface of Mars. It was taken between 2008-05-26T00:19:03.098 and 2008-05-26T00:19:03.274 local time. This mosaic is presented in a cylindrical projection.
› Read More May 25, 2008
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Phoenix Raw Image
This is a raw, or unprocessed, image taken by the Phoenix lander on Mars, May 25, 2008.
This is a screen grab taken from NASA TV.
› Read More May 25, 2008
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Arctic Landscape Within Reach
This image, one of the first captured by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, shows flat ground strewn with tiny pebbles and marked by small-scale polygonal cracking, a pattern seen widely in Martian high latitudes and also observed in permafrost terrains on Earth.
› Read More May 25, 2008
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Phoenix Raw Image
This is a raw, or unprocessed, image taken by the Phoenix lander on Mars, May 25, 2008.
This is a screen grab taken from NASA TV.
› Read More May 25, 2008
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Team Members' Celebrate
Ed Weiler, NASA associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate, and JPL
Director Charles Elachi celebrate the Phoenix landing on Mars, May 25, 2008.
This image is a screen capture taken NASA TV.
› Read More May 25, 2008
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Polygonal Pattern on Mars
This image shows a polygonal pattern in the ground near NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, similar in appearance to icy ground in the arctic regions of Earth.
› Read More May 25, 2008
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