Author Topic: Don't forget to watch Mars lander Phoenix land today! (Read 3494 times)

Fredrik Andersson · « **on:** May 25, 2008, 02:05:21 AM »

Today, may 25, the Phoenix Mars lander will land and send its first images. Don't forget to watch it!

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/

By the time i post this post, it's about 16 hours until it lands.

izaktj · « **Reply #1 on:** May 25, 2008, 02:31:02 PM »

Quote from: Fredrik Andersson on May 25, 2008, 02:05:21 AM

Today, may 25, the Phoenix Mars lander will land and send its first images. Don't forget to watch it!

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/

By the time i post this post, it's about 16 hours until it lands.

Thanks mate, I'll check it out.

Fredrik Andersson · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2008, 04:01:14 PM »

Less than 2 hours left now! The live video sending starts in about 1 h 30 min though.

I'm so excited!

Don't forget to watch it now!

Admin · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2008, 04:03:45 PM »

I'll be watching it.

They just put up the schedule. The exciting stuff starts about 7:40pm EDT. Touchdown at 7:53pm . . . then probably an hour of press releases and if we are lucky, crude pics from the lander.

izaktj · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2008, 05:55:32 PM »

Successful touchdown!!!

Admin · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2008, 05:58:17 PM »

The last 10 seconds were suspenseful . . . went from "1700 meters" to "80 meters" in like 5 seconds . . . got me worried a bit there . . .

izaktj · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2008, 06:03:45 PM »

Quote from: Admin on May 25, 2008, 05:58:17 PM

The last 10 seconds were suspenseful . . . went from "1700 meters" to "80 meters" in like 5 seconds . . . got me worried a bit there . . .

lol I was like "Is that supposed to happen?"

Admin · « **Reply #7 on:** May 25, 2008, 06:31:50 PM »

For those who missed it, there is a nice 3D animation on BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7411113.stm

And they will show the first images and commentary at 9:30pm.

Fredrik Andersson · « **Reply #8 on:** May 25, 2008, 06:46:57 PM »

Yay, a completely perfect landing! Landed with a quarter of an degree tilt. Thats really neat!

I got pretty worried with the tight landing as well. But was it really only 10 seconds? Felt like forever

Cant't wait for the first images!

[edit] Yay! Images!

izaktj · « **Reply #9 on:** May 25, 2008, 09:04:55 PM »

Quote from: Fredrik Andersson on May 25, 2008, 06:46:57 PM

Yay, a completely perfect landing! Landed with a quarter of an degree tilt. Thats really neat!

I got pretty worried with the tight landing as well. But was it really only 10 seconds? Felt like forever

Cant't wait for the first images!

[edit] Yay! Images!

Yay!!!!

benji · « **Reply #10 on:** May 26, 2008, 03:20:59 AM »

neat photos,, maan that land is hell empty

Private Reid · « **Reply #11 on:** May 26, 2008, 03:22:06 AM »

YAH!!!!

Oh, am i late?

oh well, i saw it...and now i wanna make 1

Fredrik Andersson · « **Reply #12 on:** May 26, 2008, 03:45:28 AM »

Quote from: benji on May 26, 2008, 03:20:59 AM

neat photos,, maan that land is hell empty

But it's filled with sweetness information if you dig down a bit!

Oh, and by the way, there are several new pictures in the phoenix project page, including colored ones:

Private reid2 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 26, 2008, 04:09:30 AM »

i thought the whole thing was a goner when they decided to use thrusters to lower onto the ground...
But it worked out fine...go NASA

benji · « **Reply #14 on:** May 26, 2008, 05:55:09 AM »

lookin forward for digging,, they said they chose this position cuz water could be shallow there,,

Admin · « **Reply #15 on:** May 26, 2008, 06:54:36 AM »

The press briefing is at 2pm EDT.

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they chose this position cuz water could be shallow there

you mean ice?

benji · « **Reply #16 on:** May 26, 2008, 03:29:55 PM »

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you mean ice?

the NASA prof on bbc said water $:-\$

Admin · « **Reply #17 on:** May 28, 2008, 09:33:32 AM »

more pics!

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080527-phoenix-mars-update.html

they even have a pic of it *as* it was falling!

Fredrik Andersson · « **Reply #18 on:** May 29, 2008, 01:43:33 PM »

Are you guys following their news updated?

I saw the one today and it's really interesting because they really describe everything very openly. They talked about the arm. It's folded up by now and they will use it to take photos under the lander to be able to see if the other two legs is standing stable. They need to know that before they start digging because it may cause the lander to tilt or move when the arm puts a force to the lander.

Looking forward to the next news update!

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