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Collection:
NASA Mars Collecton
title:
Both Solar Arrays Open on Phoenix Mars Lander
Description:
NASA's next Mars-bound spacecraft, the Phoenix Mars Lander, was partway through assembly and testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver,in September 2006, progressing toward an August 2007 launch from Florida. In this photograph, spacecraft specialists work on the lander after its fan-like circular solar arrays have been spread open for testing. The arrays will be in this configuration when the spacecraft is active on the surface of Mars.

Credit: NASA/JPL/UA/Lockheed Martin
section:
Spacecraft
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Phoenix
facet_what:
Phoenix Mars Lander
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Denver
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Florida
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
August 2007
facet_when:
September 2006
facet_when_year:
2007
facet_when_year:
2006
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SPD-MARS-gallery/spa cecraft/Phoenix_Land er2.html
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Both Solar Arrays Open on Phoenix Mars Lander