Online Cortex » Phoenix http://www.huginn.com/knuth/blog Thoughts on Science and Technology Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:26:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Phoenix from Space http://www.huginn.com/knuth/blog/2008/06/01/phoenix-from-space/ http://www.huginn.com/knuth/blog/2008/06/01/phoenix-from-space/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:15:37 +0000 drknuth http://www.huginn.com/knuth/blog/2008/06/01/phoenix-from-space/ Two great images from the HiRISE camera!

This is the Phoenix probe parachuting into Mars’ north polar region from orbit with Heimdall Crater in the background.  A larger image can be seen at Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Phoenix parachuting in

This image shows the Phoenix probe on the ground.

 Phoenix imaged from Mars orbit

At this point, a camera under Phoenix may have found a hard icy substrate underlying the topsoil (story here).

Kevin Knuth
Albany NY

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The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) caught the Phoenix probe parachuting in to its landing site!

Full Article here…

SWEEEEET!!!

Kevin Knuth
Albany NY

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 Phoenix Landing Site

This image shows the horizon.  This is again a very flat region, but there is interesting patterning on the surface.  Perhaps this is due to freezing/thawing mechanisms.

Here is the link to the incoming images at the Phoenix Mission site.

Enjoy!
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY

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