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Phoenix Takes Another Look Around
Phoenix Takes Another Look Around

North is up (the 12 o’clock position) in this seam-corrected 360 degree polar projection using images from sols, or Martian…

LIFTOFF!
LIFTOFF!

Space shuttle Discovery leaps from the billows of smoke below into a clear blue sky on its STS-124 mission to…

Looking Up
Looking Up

At Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers begin lowering the GLAST spacecraft into the…

Phoenix Lander Self-Portrait, Day 2
Phoenix Lander Self-Portrait, Day 2

This approximate color view was obtained on sol, or Martian day, 2 by the Surface Stereo Imager on board the…

Phoenix and the American Flag on Mars
Phoenix and the American Flag on Mars

This image, released on America’s Memorial Day, May 26, 2008, shows the American flag and a mini-DVD on the Phoenix’s…

Jill Prince of Langley’s Phoenix EDL Team
Jill Prince of Langley’s Phoenix EDL Team

All of aerospace engineer Jill Prince’s calculations paid off with the successful landing of the Phoenix spacecraft on Mars.

The Mission Begins
The Mission Begins

This image shows a polygonal pattern in the ground near NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander, similar in appearance to icy ground…

Success!
Success!

NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars Sunday, May 25, 2008, to begin three months of…

Phoenix on the Red Planet, Artist’s Concept
Phoenix on the Red Planet, Artist’s Concept

The Phoenix Mars Lander, which launched in August 2007, is the first project in NASA’s Mars Scout missions. The mission’s…

Robotic Arm
Robotic Arm

The robotic arm, a vital instrument on NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander, will dig into the icy soil and bring samples…