NASA - NASA TV
Watching a little NASA TV. Mars Phoenix lander, landed on Mars fine with no problems at all.
From MarsPhoenix on Twitter "EDL went better than anyone expected. The team trains for the worst and then hopes for the best. This was better than BEST! It was perfect."
Now they are waiting for confirmation that every thing is working fine and the mission will go forward. We should all so be expecting pictures back from the mission in a few hours.
More updates will come...
Edit: From NASA - Landing Day
"5:30 pm
Phoenix is now on the surface of Mars, much to the joy of everyone here in Mission Control. As icing on the cake, we've found that the lander is tilted only one quarter of a degree, which means we've landed nearly perfectly level. The next step for Phoenix is surface initialization during which the solar arrays, Surface Stereo Imager (SSI), Biobarrier (which has been protecting the robotic arm from contamination since it was sterilized on Earth) and meteorological mast will deploy. We should have data regarding the status of these deployments when Odyssey makes its first pass in less than two hours. Engineers in Mission Control are saying that our actual landing went far smoother than any simulation or test that was ever done. Stay tuned"
I will continue to update as I see fit.
Edit: The first down link is done and everything is looking good. I will try to post some images if I find them and feel the need to.
Edit: Here are the pictures.
Watching a little NASA TV. Mars Phoenix lander, landed on Mars fine with no problems at all.
From MarsPhoenix on Twitter "EDL went better than anyone expected. The team trains for the worst and then hopes for the best. This was better than BEST! It was perfect."
Now they are waiting for confirmation that every thing is working fine and the mission will go forward. We should all so be expecting pictures back from the mission in a few hours.
More updates will come...
Edit: From NASA - Landing Day
"5:30 pm
Phoenix is now on the surface of Mars, much to the joy of everyone here in Mission Control. As icing on the cake, we've found that the lander is tilted only one quarter of a degree, which means we've landed nearly perfectly level. The next step for Phoenix is surface initialization during which the solar arrays, Surface Stereo Imager (SSI), Biobarrier (which has been protecting the robotic arm from contamination since it was sterilized on Earth) and meteorological mast will deploy. We should have data regarding the status of these deployments when Odyssey makes its first pass in less than two hours. Engineers in Mission Control are saying that our actual landing went far smoother than any simulation or test that was ever done. Stay tuned"
I will continue to update as I see fit.
Edit: The first down link is done and everything is looking good. I will try to post some images if I find them and feel the need to.
Edit: Here are the pictures.
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