NASA's Mars Phoenix mission launched successfully tonight, on its way to a landing site at Mars' north pole.
Here's some links to the mission webpages, for anyone wanting a little more info to chew on between now and the landing next May:
Main website: phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/index.php
Some beautiful video of what the mission will look like (from the same digi-gurus that made that incredible Mars Exploration Rover video) : phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/videos.php
imagery of the landing site
overview: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catal...A09944
landing ellipse: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catal...A09946
closeup of the surface: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catal...A09948
Here's some links to the mission webpages, for anyone wanting a little more info to chew on between now and the landing next May:
Main website: phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/index.php
Some beautiful video of what the mission will look like (from the same digi-gurus that made that incredible Mars Exploration Rover video) : phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/videos.php
imagery of the landing site
overview: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catal...A09944
landing ellipse: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catal...A09946
closeup of the surface: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catal...A09948
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Re: Phoenix Launch to Mars
Sun, August 5, 2007 - 1:39 PMLet's hope the little green men don't sabotage this one. Time for a successful Mars mission that can give us a more definitive answer on the "life" question. -
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Re: Phoenix Launch to Mars
Sat, August 25, 2007 - 11:18 AMAnyone heard what we're doing about getting back to the moon in anticipation of Mars? Have we done anything? -
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Re: Phoenix Launch to Mars
Sun, August 26, 2007 - 4:37 PMThere is an unmanned mission called Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ( lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ) set to launch in late 2008 that will bring in better maps and mineralogy for future manned missions.
As a part of the same launch, they are also putting up a secondary mission called LCROSS ( lcross.arc.nasa.gov/ ) that will crash a 2000 kg impactor into the lunar pole looking for water.
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