NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander
Posted on May 26, 2008 Comments (0)
The successful landing of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander is well documented: Soft landing on a rough Mars terrain – Mars Lander Transmits Photos of Arctic Terrain – Phoenix Mars Lander prepares to begin excavation – Scientists Excited After Safe Mars Landing
View animation showing how NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander stays in contact with Earth
As NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter passes overhead approximately every two hours, Phoenix transmits images and scientific data from the surface to the orbiter, which then relays the data to NASA’s Deep Space Network of antennas on Earth. Similarly, NASA’s Deep Space Network transmits instructions from Earth to Odyssey, which then relays the information to Phoenix.
The Phoenix mission is to explore the north polar region of Mars.
Related: Phoenix Mars Lander site – Mars Rovers Getting Ready for Another Adventure – Voyager 1: Now 100 Times Further Away than the Sun
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