NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing
The landing site chosen for NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander is much farther north than the sites where previous spacecraft have landed on Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
 Phoenix Lander Sees, Feels Martian Whirlwinds in ActionSep 12, 2008
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has photographed several dust devils dancing across the arctic plain this week and sensed a dip in air pressure as one passed near the lander. |
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 NASA selects CU-Boulder to lead $485M Mars missionSep 15, 2008
In the largest research contract ever awarded to the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics has been selected by NASA to lead a $485 million orbiting space mission ... |
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 More Soil Delivered to Phoenix Lander LabSep 17, 2008
Scientists working on the Phoenix Mars Mission are analyzing soil delivered to the spacecraft's Wet Chemistry Laboratory. |
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 Phoenix Images Discarded Heat ShieldSep 18, 2008
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new color high-resolution image from the Phoenix Mars Lander shows its crumpled heat shield about 150 meters away from the spacecraft. |
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 Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow, Soil Data Suggest Liquid PastSep 29, 2008
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds. Spacecraft soil tests experiments also have provided evidence of past interaction between minerals and liquid water, ... |
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 Phoenix Lander Digs and Analyzes Soil as Darkness GathersOct 09, 2008
(PhysOrg.com) -- As fall approaches Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix Lander is busy digging into the Red Planet's soil and scooping it into its onboard science laboratories for analysis. |
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ASU Mars instrument gets new lease on life as NASA extends Mars Odyssey missionOct 10, 2008
A six-minute rocket firing on Sept. 30 has put NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft on track for a new orbit around the Red Planet. The change, part of a two-year extension for the mission, will give an ASU-operated instrument ... |
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 Mars Odyssey Shifting Orbit for Extended MissionOct 10, 2008
(PhysOrg.com) -- The longest-serving of six spacecraft now studying Mars is up to new tricks for a third two-year extension of its mission to examine the most Earthlike of known foreign planets. |
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