NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has successfully landed on Mar’s! On my birthday to be exact. The new spacecraft is called the Phoenix Mars Lander. The mission is basically to research if water exists on Mars. Where there is water there is life. You can get daily reports and photos on-line over the 3 month long mission on the Red Planet. NASA has a really great site where you can keep up to date on the tests. I downloaded the screen saver. I find Science fascinating and will be checking in daily. Here is the official report from Nasa…
NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars Sunday, May 25, 2008, to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander’s robotic arm. This black-and-white self-portrait shows Phoenix’s leg nestled in the Martian soil.
Radio signals received at 7:53 p.m. EDT confirmed the Phoenix Mars Lander had survived its difficult final descent and touchdown 15 minutes earlier. The signals took that long to travel from Mars to Earth at the speed of light.
This is the first image of the Red Planet image taken by the spacecraft just moments after landing…
This video makes me really excited…
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