In the Payload Handling Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Phoenix spacecraft is upside down during rotation. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed program of Mars Scout missions. The Phoenix mission was to land in icy soils near the north polar permanent ice cap of Mars and
In the Payload Handling Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Phoenix spacecraft is upside down during rotation. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA’s first openly competed program of Mars Scout missions.
The Phoenix mission was to land in icy soils near the north polar permanent ice cap of Mars and explore the history of the water in these soils and any associated rocks, while monitoring polar climate.Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton
June 4, 2007