In Brief: NASA's Phoenix spacecraft lands on Mars

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Jun 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008eostr..89s.210s&link_type=abstract

Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Volume 89, Issue 23, p. 210-210

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Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Mars, Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Instruments And Techniques

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After a 9.5-month, 679-million-kilometer flight from Florida, NASA's Phoenix spacecraft made a soft landing in Vastitas Borealis in Mars's northern polar region on 25 May. The lander, whose camera already has returned some spectacular images, is on a 3-month mission to examine the area and dig into the soil of this site-chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water near the surface-and analyze samples. In addition to a robotic arm and robotic arm camera, the lander's instruments include a surface stereo imager; thermal and evolved-gas analyzer; microscopy, electrochemistry, and conductivity analyzer; and a meteorological station that is tracking daily weather and seasonal changes.

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