Phoenix Spends Sleepless Night

Mission controllers kept NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in full operational mode during the Martian night on Monday in order to coordinate it with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to make detailed observations in the atmosphere of the Red Planet. The lander monitored changes in the lower atmo... [ read more >> ]

Image taken by the stereo camera on board the Phoenix Mars Lander showing that the oven doors have opened successfully

Image comment: Image taken by the stereo camera on board the Phoenix Mars Lander showing that the oven doors have opened successfully
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

Image taken by the stereo camera on board the Phoenix Mars Lander showing that the oven doors have opened successfully
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