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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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Phoenix Mars Lander with Solar Arrays Open
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Phoenix Mars Lander with Solar Arrays Open
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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.
Phoenix will 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. It will dig into the surface, test scooped-up samples for carbon-bearing compounds and serve as NASA's first exploration of a potential modern habitat on Mars.
The Phoenix mission is led by Principal Investigator Peter H. Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson, with project management at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and development partnership with Lockheed Martin Space Systems. International contributions for Phoenix are provided by the Canadian Space Agency, the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland), the University of Copenhagen, and the Max Planck Institute in Germany. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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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.
Phoenix will 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. It will dig into the surface, test scooped-up samples for carbon-bearing compounds and serve as NASA's first exploration of a potential modern habitat on Mars.
The Phoenix mission is led by Principal Investigator Peter H. Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson, with project management at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and development partnership with Lockheed Martin Space Systems. International contributions for Phoenix are provided by the Canadian Space Agency, the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland), the University of Copenhagen, and the Max Planck Institute in Germany. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL/UA/Lockheed Martin
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NASA/JPL/UA/Lockheed Martin
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University of Arizona / Phoenix
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University of Arizona / Phoenix
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Phoenix
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Phoenix Mars Lander
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Phoenix Mars Lander
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597 samples x 900 lines
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597 samples x 900 lines
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Polar
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Polar
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Mars
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Mars
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Planck
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Phoenix
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Phoenix
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Phoenix Mars Lander
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Phoenix Mars Lander
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Denver
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Denver
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Mars
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Mars
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Arizona
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California
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California
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Germany
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Germany
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Switzerland
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Copenhagen
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Copenhagen
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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September 2006
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September 2006
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August 2007
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August 2007
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2006
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2007
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Image #:
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PIA01886
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA01886
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