Mars Phoenix mission

[EDwardo]

the JPL Phoenix Mars lander is scheduled to land on Mars at about 7PM tonight. The Science Channel is broadcasting a 2 hour program on the mission now.

[EDwardo]

Link to JPL web site.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/phoenix/main.php

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/phoenix/landscape1-480-275.jpg

[dando]

:thumbup: :thumbup:

-Kevin

[TravelGal]

Extra cool.

Is there any live video? Apparently not as it would either burn up or use too much power before it could get the arrays dispersed. I only see images on the various sites I found.

:D At least something good happened today.

[KLang]

Way to go NASA and JPL! :thumbup:

[Ankf00]

the camera's super phatty

http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/UCF_Invention_Onboard_Phoenix_Mars_Lander_Will_Rev eal_True_Colors_999.html

[STD]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/

They have a shot of the Phoenix taken from the MRO.

[Ankf00]

That's my co.'s surface imager on MRO :D MRO just competed north pole stratigraphy too.