Phoenix Mars landing

May 27, 2008


Video: YouTube

First images and video have recently been provided of the Phoenix Mars landing. The Phoenix made a successful arrival on Mars Sunday evening, May 25.

The NASA spacecraft Phoenix landed in the Northern Polar Region of Mars and will begin three months examining a site and it’s likelihood of having frozen water.

The above video shows a pan by the spacecraft’s video device looking out across the Martian Polar Plains.

Below is a video describing the mission and how it happened


Video: YouTube

3D image (below) showing Phoenix Mars Spacecraft upon landing

Phoenix Mars Landing
Image: NASA



Written by Craig · Filed Under Gizmos, News, Our World, Video 

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