August 4th, 2007
Phoenix Rising
Posted by
chrislintott in
Mars
NASA’s latest Mars mission, Phoenix has launched and is on its way to the red planet. The mission was put together using much of the technology developed for the ill-fated Mars Polar Lander and the canceled 2001 Surveyor lander, so fingers crossed for a smooth flight to Mars. I haven’t been this excited about a mission since Huygens, and you can hear all about it on the last Living Space.
Much more importantly though, I think Phoenix is the first mission to have a movie-style trailer.
