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.
Ann Croft on August 5, 2007
*fingers and toes crossed*
Good luck and God speed to the Phoenix
galaxybabe
Stuart Atkinson on August 5, 2007
Watched the launch yesterday and as a lifelong “Mars nut” this is going to be a fantastic mission! Only 9 months or so until she starts digging into that ice, and finds… who knows..?
Wrote this about it which I hope a few of you will take a look at…
http://spaceurope.blogspot.com/2007/07/today-we-will-have-different-kind-of.html
Godspeed Phoenix!