03-09-2009 - Space
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“Missions aren’t only judged by their science, but sometimes for the thrill of the mission. The Apollo mission, who can remember what the science was? But the thrill of landing on the moon was tremendous. And I think for the Phoenix mission, for many millions of people this was the thrill of their life, being able to go with us to Mars and experience it first-hand through our robotic spacecraft.” – Peter Smith
Peter Smith is Principal Investigator of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Mission. At a science meeting, Smith gave EarthSky’s Jorge Salazar an update on the Phoenix lander’s exploration of the Red Planet.
Our thanks to:
Peter Smith, Principal Investigator
NASA’s Phoenix Mars Mission
University of Arizona
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Hi;
Is there a site or series of published articles that reviews the results of the mission? I haven’t been able to find one. Was the oven results published? Thanks.
Kind Regards;
jim Butler, PhD
Biochemist
Dear Dr. Butler,
Yes, I had trouble getting an overview on what Phoenix did as well, that’s why I was excited to be able to ask Dr. Smith to give us a rundown on the highlights of the mission.
Peter Smith and other scientists working on data from the Mars Phoenix lander are speaking this morning at the 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference at The Woodlands, TX. I’m sure news will be coming out today about whether NASA can confirm the finding of liquid water on Mars.
I found quite a few journal articles so far on “Mars Phoenix” using google scholar , but as Smith told EarthSky, scientists are just beginning to comb through the data, which should keep them busy thoughout 2009 just seeing what’s there.
Hi,
Is there any expectation that the lander will operate again once the sun is higher in the sky?
Steve Hall