All Articles Tagged As: phoenix

Phoenix Lander Finishes Soil Delivery To Onboard Labs (10/26/2008)

Scientists are anxious to analyze samples while there's still power ...> Full Article

Phoenix Lander Digs And Analyzes Soil As Darkness Gathers (10/13/2008)

As fall approaches Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix Lander is busy digging into the Red Planet's soil and scooping it into its onboard science laboratories for analysis. ...> Full Article

Next Mars Soil Scoop Slated for Last of Lander's Wet Lab Cells (9/15/2008)

The Phoenix team also plans to fill the final four of TEGA's eight ovens. ...> Full Article

Analysis Begins on Phoenix Lander's Deepest Soil Sample (9/6/2008)

Scientists have begun to analyze a sample of soil delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's wet chemistry experiment from the deepest trench dug so far in the Martian arctic plains. ...> Full Article

Phoenix gets close-up of Martian dust (8/25/2008)

The microscope station on the Phoenix lander has returned the first image of the dust particles that cloak Mars ...> Full Article

Phoenix Camera Sees Morning Frost at the Landing Site (8/19/2008)

Water frost around the spacecraft hints that Martian fall is coming soon. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Microscope Takes First Image of Martian Dust Particle (8/17/2008)

Mars' ultra-fine dust plays a critically important role in Mars' environment. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Mars Team Opens Window on Scientific Process (8/11/2008)

Research on 'perchlorate' salts is still underway. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Spacecraft Analyzing Martian Soil Data (8/6/2008)

Science process requires more data, more analysis, more lab work and peer review ...> Full Article

Close-up Images of Snow Queen Show Recent Cracks and Blemishes (8/4/2008)

A patch of the hard layer under Phoenix began visibly changing 20 days after landing ...> Full Article

Phoenix Revises Method to Deliver Icy Sample (7/30/2008)

The revised plan shortens how long the rasp operates and lengthens how long the scoop vibrates. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night (7/24/2008)

The lander is studying Mars' atmosphere and ground at the same time an orbiter does. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Mars Lander Continues Tests With Rasp (7/21/2008)

The tests are designed to get more fresh, icy soil tailings. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Mars Lander Rasps Frozen Layer, Collects Sample (7/18/2008)

The rasp and scoop will be used to collect icy soil for baking. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Lander Delivers Soil-Chemistry Sample (7/10/2008)

Phoenix Mars Lander used its robotic arm to deliver a second sample of soil for analysis by the spacecraft's wet chemistry laboratory, data received from Phoenix on Sunday night confirmed. ...> Full Article

Phoenix to Bake Ice-Rich Soil Next Week (7/4/2008)

Scientists will carefully select and deliver the sample because it could be the last one baked. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Scrapes 'Almost Perfect' Icy Soil for Analysis (7/2/2008)

Samples hold clues to history of Martian water, climate and possible habitability. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Scrapes to Icy Soil in Wonderland (7/1/2008)

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scraped to icy soil in the "Wonderland" area on Thursday, confirming that surface soil, subsurface soil and icy soil can be sampled at a single trench. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Lander Prepares for Microscopy, Wet Chemistry on Mars (6/25/2008)

The lander performed a diagnostic test that melted Earth ice to water ...> Full Article

Frozen Water Confirmed on Mars (6/24/2008)

The Phoenix Mars Lander continues searching for related minerals and organic substances ...> Full Article

Phoenix Lander Bakes Sample, Arm Digs Deeper (6/18/2008)

One of the ovens on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander continued baking its first sample of Martian soil over the weekend ...> Full Article

Phoenix Mars Lander Delivers Soil Sample to Microscope (6/16/2008)

The lander's microscope was lightly dusted with a sample from the "Goldilocks" trench. ...> Full Article

NASA's Phoenix Lander Has an Oven Full of Martian Soil (6/12/2008)

Phoenix Mars Lander has filled its first oven with Martian soil ...> Full Article

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Testing Sprinkle Technique (6/10/2008)

Phoenix mission engineers will test a better way to deliver clumpy Martian soil ...> Full Article

Highest Resolution View Ever From Mars Comes From Phoenix Lander (6/8/2008)

A microscope on NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has taken images of dust and sand particles with the greatest resolution ever returned from another planet. ...> Full Article

Third Scoop is a Keeper for Phoenix Mars Lander (6/6/2008)

The lander sits on soil, and a subsurface layer that's possibly salt, possibly ice. ...> Full Article

Simulations predicted Mars lander would hit sub-surface (6/3/2008)

Simulations correctly predicted that the pulsed jets of the Mars Phoenix lander would strip the soil to the subsurface ice or rock as the craft touched down. ...> Full Article

NASA's Phoenix Scoops Up Martian Soil (6/3/2008)

One week after landing on far northern Mars, the Phoenix Mars Lander lifted its first scoop of Martian soil as a test of the lander's robotic arm. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Lander's Robotic Arm Camera Sees Possible Ice (5/31/2008)

Scientists will gather more data about an area that was exposed when soil was blown away during landing to determine whether it's rock or ice. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Commanded to Unstow Arm (5/30/2008)

NASA Scientists have sent commands to Phoenix to unstow its robotic arm and take more images of its landing site early today. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Spacecraft Reports Good Health After Mars Landing (5/27/2008)

A NASA spacecraft has sent pictures showing itself in good condition after making the first successful landing in a polar region of Mars. ...> Full Article

Phoenix mission to Mars will search for climate clues (5/23/2008)

On May 25, 2008, approaching 5 p.m. PDT, NASA scientists will be wondering: Just how green is their valley? ...> Full Article

Phoenix about to land on Mars (5/16/2008)

NASA's Phoenix Lander is due to land on Mars this month (May) where it will probe the arctic landscape searching for conditions favourable for past or present life ...> Full Article

Mars Express one of three orbiters preparing for Phoenix landing (2/29/2008)

A trio of NASA and ESA spacecraft orbiting Mars are preparing for the 25 May arrival of NASA's Phoenix lander. ESA's Mars Express has already started adjusting its orbit to provide critical back-up monitoring of Phoenix. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Mars Lander Status Report: Radar, Other Gear Pass Checkouts (9/7/2007)

Two crucial tools for a successful landing of America's latest mission to Mars, the radar and UHF radio on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, have passed in-flight checkouts. ...> Full Article

NASA's Mars-Bound Phoenix Adjusts Course Successfully (8/16/2007)

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander accomplished on Aug. 10 the first and largest of six course corrections planned during the spacecraft's flight from Earth to Mars. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Mars Lander To Try And Answer: Is there life on Mars? (8/15/2007)

As NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander hurtles toward the "Red Planet," Tufts' Sam Kounaves and his research team await the chance to answer the big question: Is there life on Mars? ...> Full Article

Mars Express Orbiter will keep an eye on Phoenix Lander (8/7/2007)

ESA's Mars Express will keep an eye on NASA's Phoenix lander as it makes its way to the Martian surface, setting an example for international cooperation and interplanetary networking. ...> Full Article

NASA Spacecraft Heads For Polar Region Of Mars (8/6/2007)

NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission blasted off Saturday, aiming for a May 25, 2008, arrival at the Red Planet and a close-up examination of the surface of the northern polar region. ...> Full Article

Phoenix Launch Set For August 3 (7/29/2007)

Launch of NASA's Phoenix Mars lander is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 3, from Pad 17-A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. There are two instantaneous launch times, 5:35:18 and 6:11:24 a.m. EDT. NASA's Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center is responsible for the launch of Phoenix aboard a Delta II rocket. United Launch Alliance is conducting the launch service for NASA. Should the launch be postponed 24 hours for any reason, the launch times are 5:26:31 and 6:02:55 a.m. EDT. For a 48-hour postponement, the launch times are 5:17:23 and 5:53:59 a.m. EDT. ...> Full Article

Search For Life In Martian Ice Relies On UK Technology (7/28/2007)

The Martian surface will be explored for conditions favorable for past or present life thanks to micro-machine technology supplied by Imperial College London. ...> Full Article