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Mars Phoenix
By James Churchill
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MissionsOne the Phoenixs missions was to study
the geologic history of the Martian water, so
that we could study past climate changes.
The second mission was to evaluate the
possibility of living on the ice-soilboundaries of Mars.
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Launch Info! The organization leading
this expedition wasNASA jet propulsion labs,with help from the
Lunar
and PlanetaryObservatory, and theUniversity of Arizona.
The Phoenix was launchedat the Cape Canaveral
launch pad on August 102007.
The Trajectory of thelander was a 433 millionmile trip from
Earthstraight to Mars
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Phoenix Timeline
2007/08/04 09:26:34
Phoenix launches from
Cape Canaveral
2007/08/10
Trajectorycorrectionmaneuver 1
2007/10/03
Trajectorycorrectionmaneuver 2
2008/04/10
Trajectorycorrectionmaneuver 3
2007
2008
2008/05/10
Trajectorycorrectionmaneuver 4
2008/05/25 23:34:46
Phoenix deploysparachute
2008/05/25 23:36
MRO takes apicture of Phoenixand its parachute
2008/05/25 23:38:24
Touchdown on Marssuccessful
2008/11/02
Last signal received.End of mission
2010/01/18
2 month attempt to re-
contact (doesn't work, probedeclared dead)
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Physical DetailsMass: 250 kilograms
The probe was 18ft long,
and 7.3 feet high
The Phoenix generated
power through its two
solar panels to keep itself
warm, and to operate
The Phoenix entered theMartian Atmosphere at
13,000 miles per hour
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Failures/ProblemsThe Phoenix was a very successful probe, it
lasted
the whole of the time it was supposed to (actually,
two months longer) before succumbing to the
harsh Martian winter as planned
The only malfunction the Phoenix had was
deploying its parachute seven seconds late. This,
thankfully, had no impact on the mission, andwouldnt have been
fixable if it did, due to the
lander hurtling towards the Martian ground.
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Other Martian ProbesMars has a great number of high-tech
satellites (so many that there is a working
Google Mars)The red planet also has to rovers: Spirit and
Opportunity who have, and continue to
outlive expectations. Though Spirit who hasgotten stuck, but
continues to operate as a
stationary probe.
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Pictures from PhoenixThe Phoenix
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BibliographyMars Ice Clouds Pic
22 Jan. 2011
"Phoenix (spacecraft)." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web.
22 Jan. 2011.
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Pictures from Phoenix
