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| NASA Finishes Listening for Phoenix Mars Lander |
After nearly a month of daily checks to determine whether Martian NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander would be able to communicate again, the agency has stopped using its Mars orbiters to hail the lander and listen for its beep. + Read more (December 01) |
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| Phoenix Mission Status Report |
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander communicated with an orbiter Thursday. Engineers continue assessing the lander's status and steps needed for returning to science activities. + Read more (October 30) |
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| Phoenix Gets Bonus Soil Sample |
The Mars Phoenix Lander's robotic arm successfully delivered soil into oven six of the lander's thermal and evolved-gas analyzer (TEGA) on Monday, Oct. 13, or Martian day (sol) 137 of the mission. + Read more (October 17) |
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| Phoenix Mars Mission Honored by Popular Mechanics |
Three members of the Phoenix team were recognized for leading the successful mission to Mars: Barry Goldstein, the Phoenix project manager from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Peter Smith, the principal investigator from the University of Arizona, Tuscon; + Read more (October 15) |
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| Phoenix Weathers Dust Storm |
The Phoenix Lander over the weekend successfully weathered a regional dust storm that temporarily lowered its solar power, and the team is back investigating the Red Planet's northern plains. + Read more (October 14) |
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| Phoenix Digs Mars |
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has been digging and excavating Martian soil with its nearly 8-foot-long robotic arm. New images, like this one in 3D, show the trenchwork taken on Oct. 7. + Full image and caption (October 10) |
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| Analysis Begins on Deepest Soil Sample |
Scientists have begun to analyze a sample of soil delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's wet chemistry experiment from the deepest trench dug so far in the Martian arctic plains. + Read more (September 01) |
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| Phoenix Mars Lander Explores Site by Trenching |
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scientists and engineers are continuing to dig into the area around the lander with the spacecraft's robotic arm, looking for new materials to analyze and examining the soil and ice subsurface structure. + Read more (August 20) |
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| NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Working With Sticky Soil |
Scientists and engineers on NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission spent the weekend examining how the icy soil on Mars interacts with the scoop on the lander's robotic arm, while trying different techniques to deliver a sample to one of the instruments. + Read more (July 28) |
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| Phoenix Scoop Ready for Sampling |
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's robotic arm scoop is primed and ready to collect a soil sample from the northern region of Mars to analyze for the presence of water and other possible ingredients. + Read more (July 25) |
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| Phoenix Makes First Trench in Science Preserve |
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander began digging in an area called "Wonderland"
early Tuesday, taking its first scoop of soil from a polygonal surface feature
within the "national park" region that mission scientists have been preserving
for science.
+ Read more (June 17) |
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| NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Ready to Gather Samples |
Two practice rounds of digging and dumping the clumpy soil at the Martian arctic site this week gave scientists and engineers gathered at the University of Arizona confidence to begin using Phoenix's Robotic Arm to deliver soil samples to instruments on t + Read more (June 04) |
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| Mars Pulls Phoenix in |
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander sped on Sunday morning toward its arrival at Mars, as the tug of the Red Planet's gravity accelerated the craft during the final day of its trip from Earth to Mars. + Read more (May 25) |
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| Intense Testing Paved Phoenix Road to Mars |
When NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander descends to the surface of the Red Planet on May 25, few will be watching as closely as those who have spent years planning, analyzing and conducting tests to prepare for the dramatic and nerve-wracking event. + View feature (May 09) |
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| Mars-Bound Phoenix Returns First Photo from Trip |
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft, launched Aug. 4, is testing its hardware and software as it flies to Mars. A camera mounted on the craft's robotic arm took this test photo showing the scoop at the end of the arm, verifying that the camera works. + Read more (September 07) |
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| Act Soon to Send Your Name to Mars |
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander will carry a DVD with names of people from around the world. About 200,000 names have been enrolled so far, and the deadline to get your name on board is Feb. 12. Phoenix will launch in August 2007 and reach Mars in May 2008. + Sign up to send your name (February 05) |
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