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9/29/2008 -- Phoenix's Laser Beam in Action on Mars |
The Surface Stereo Imager camera aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander acquired a series of images of the laser beam in the Martian night sky. Bright spots in the beam are reflections from ice crystals in |
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9/29/2008 -- Animation of MARDI Instrument |
This animation shows NASA's Phoenix Lander's Robotic Arm scoop delivering a sample to the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) and how samples are analyzed within the instrument. |
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8/05/2008 -- Wet Chemistry Lab |
This animation shows the Wet Chemistry Lab, which is part of Phoenix's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer. |
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8/05/2008 -- Sample Delivery |
This animation shows a sample delivery to the Wet Chemistry Laboratory on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. |
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6/03/2008 -- Phoenix Test Sample Site |
This sequence of four images was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on sols 5, 6, and 7--the fifth, sixth, and seventh days of the mission (May 30, 31, and June 1, 2008). |
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5/29/2008 -- A Fairy-Tale Landscape |
Fun, fairy-tale nicknames have been assigned to features in this animated view of the workspace reachable by the robotic arm of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. |
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5/27/2008 -- Ready to Unfurl |
This movie from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the spacecraft's robotic arm in its stowed configuration, with its biobarrier unpeeled. |
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5/26/2008 -- How Phoenix Talks to Earth |
This movie shows the vast plains of the northern polar region of Mars, as seen by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shortly after touching down on the Red Planet. |
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5/26/2008 -- How Phoenix Gets a Look at its Footing |
This artist's animation shows how NASA's three-legged Phoenix Mars Lander is able to get a better look at its footing and the physical characteristics of the underlying soil on the surface of the Red |
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5/26/2008 -- Phoenix's Position on Mars |
This animation shows an orbital view sweeping upward from Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system, to the location of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in the northern polar reaches of Mars. |
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5/24/2008 -- Final Steps to Mars |
This artist's animation shows the nail-biting "entry, descent and landing" phase of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission. |
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