Phoenix Mars Lander shows Sun in Arctic Midnight

It's the Midnight Sun on Mars. Phoenix Mars Lander shows Sun in Arctic Midnight in this panorama landscape. More about the mission and the lander and photos at

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html

Amazing photo taken of descending Mars Pheonix probe and more

SATELLITE ORBITING MARS IMAGED DESCENDING PHOENIX
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Photo showing the spacecraft
descending to the martian surface under its parachute Sunday. The
black-and-white photo, shot by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
spacecraft as it sailed overhead, shows the inflated parachute and the
backshell supporting Phoenix dangling below.

http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/phoenix/080526mrochute.html

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NASA MANAGERS THRILLED WITH SUCCESSFUL LANDING
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Digging for ice within a week or so, NASA officials said early Monday, after engineers complete initial checkout and collect more photos to help characterize the landing site.

http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/phoenix/080526postland.html


TOUCHDOWN! PHOENIX LANDS ON ARCTIC PLAINS OF MARS
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NASA's Phoenix lander plunged into the martian atmosphere Sunday at 12,700
mph and then used atmospheric friction, a large parachute and finally, 12
individually controlled rocket engines to complete an automated landing
near the red planet's northern polar cap.

http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/phoenix/080525landing.html

Mars Phoenix will land soon on Mars

If all goes well and we hope it does, the probe/spacecraft/rover will land on Mars in a couple of weeks. Here is more .This should be exciting to supplement the two Rovers still working on Mars and the Mars Express snapping from over head above Mars.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/13may_phoenix.htm