Phoenix Mission to the Arctic Plain of Mars May 23, 2008
Posted by astroed in Astronomy.trackback
NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander is due to touchdown on the Martian surface in just over two days and 18 hours. There will be a wealth of coverage for this event including live coverage on NASA TV. For those of you in Canberra the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex at Tidbinbilla will be holding a free public event starting at 8.30 am on Monday 26 May to coincide with the the landing. They expect to receive confirmation of the landing at 9.53 am AEST and will be screening live coverage from NASA TV, providing talks about the mission and showing images as they become available.
If things go smoothly with the entry into the Martian atmosphere and the descent then hopefully the lander will look like this moments before touchdown.
Visit the Phoenix website to view an animation of this process.
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