Mars Phoenix Lander had Landed!!

Post by **weixing** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:00 am

Hi,
Mars Phoenix Lander had landed on Mars at around 26 May 2008 07:54am SGT!!

The Mars Phoenix Lander seem to be in good shape!!

Congratulation and well done to land another spacecraft on Mars!

Have a nice day.

mrngbss · Post by **mrngbss** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:35 am

Yes, saw the NASA TV. The man in charge was so emotional and loss of words in front of TV.

Post by **acc** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:55 pm

Its really an amazing feat isn't it? Hope the mission goes well and comes back with lots of surprising findings

starfinder · Post by **starfinder** » Mon May 26, 2008 8:47 pm

Ya, I'm really glad it landed well. Have been following this story for a few weeks in anticipation.

According to NASA, its only the 3rd successul soft landing on Mars (as opposed to using airbags) and the first since Viking 2 in 1976.

The mission website is here:
http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/

Do view the animation videos of the landing, esp the "Phoenix EDL Animation". Quite fun to watch!:
http://fawkes3.lpl.arizona.edu/videos.php

After watching the animation segment showing the actual powered touch-down sequence, I think it is truly amazing how this was achieved back in 1976. Incredible. Now, aren't our jobs in S'pore so mundane by comparison?

Post by **Airconvent** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:44 pm

A Mars orbiter imaged it as it deployed is chutes...

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/08 ... pdate.html