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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Ready to Gather Samples
Two practice rounds of digging and dumping the clumpy soil at the Martian arctic site this week gave team members confidence to begin using Phoenix's Robotic Arm to deliver soil samples to instruments on the lander deck.
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NASA'S Phoenix Retesting Release of Martian Soil
Engineers and scientists operating NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander decided early today to repeat a practice test of releasing Martian soil from the scoop on the lander's Robotic Arm.
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NASA's Phoenix Scoops up Martian Soil
One week after landing on far-northern Mars, NASA Phoenix spacecraft lifted its first scoop of Martian soil as a test of the lander's Robotic Arm.
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NASA's Phoenix Lander Makes an Impression on Mars
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander reached out and touched the Martian soil for the first time on Saturday, May 31, the first step in a series of actions expected to bring soil and ice to the lander's experiments.
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Camera on Arm Looks Beneath NASA Mars Lander
A view of the ground underneath NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander adds to evidence that descent thrusters dispersed overlying soil and exposed a harder substrate that may be ice.
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NASA Phoenix Mars Lander Puts Arm and Other Tools to Work
Scientists have discovered what may be ice that was exposed when soil was blown away as NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed on Mars last Sunday, May 25.
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NASA Phoenix Mars Lander Puts Arm and Other Tools to Work
NASA's Mars lander is returning more detailed images from the Martian surface and is now preparing its instruments for science operations.
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NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Commanded to Unstow Arm
Scientists leading NASA's Phoenix Mars mission from the University of Arizona in Tucson sent commands to unstow its robotic arm and take more images of its landing site early today.
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Orbiter Relays Second-Day Information From NASA Mars Lander
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully received information from the Phoenix Mars Lander Tuesday evening and relayed the information to Earth.
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NASA Mars Lander Prepares to Move Arm
NASA's Phoenix Lander is ready to begin moving its robotic arm, first unlatching its wrist and then flexing its elbow.
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Camera on Mars Orbiter Snaps Phoenix during Landing
A telescopic camera in orbit around Mars caught a view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suspended from its parachute during the lander's successful arrival at Mars Sunday evening, May 25.
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NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Reports Good Health After Mars Landing
A NASA spacecraft today sent pictures showing itself in good condition after making the first successful landing in a polar region of Mars.
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NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Lands at Martian Arctic Site
NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars today to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander's robotic arm.
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Mars Pulls Phoenix In
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander sped on Sunday morning toward its arrival at Mars, as the tug of the Red Planet's gravity accelerated the craft during the final day of its trip from Earth to Mars.
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Final Trajectory, Risk, Nerves, and Excitement
It’s a rainy day here in Pasadena, CA today, but the weather looks good on Mars for a landing this Sunday.
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No Final Nudge Needed for Phoenix
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander will reach Mars this evening with no further adjustments to its flight path.
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Phoenix Lander Update: No Saturday Night Maneuver
This is the latest update for the Phoenix Mars Lander mission.
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Spacecraft Status and Questions Answered
It’s now Wednesday, and Phoenix is fast approaching Mars. In fact, if you were hitching a ride on Phoenix, right now Mars would look about a third the size of the full moon viewed from Earth.
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Some More Fun Facts
It’s a rainy day here in Pasadena, CA today, but the weather looks good on Mars for a landing this Sunday.
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Three Million Miles Left
The spacecraft is operating well for us as the teams continue to work on the final landing simulations and trajectory analyses.