Phoenix

The Phoenix spacecraft was successfully launched on August 4, 2007 by a Delta II rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, and is currently on its interplanetary cruise. It is scheduled to arrive at Mars on May 28, 2008. It is a lander with the task to provide an in-situ volatile and organic molecule survey, proposed and directed by LPL/University of Arizona. It uses a lot of the backup hardware and instrumentation of the ill-fated Mars Polar Lander of 1999.

Phoenix homepage (LPL/University of Arizona)
Phoenix homepage (JPL/Nasa)
UA Press Release, December 6, 2002
Nasa Press Release 02-238 of Dec 6, 2002,
Dead Links! Solar System Exploration: Missions: Mars: Phoenix - Mars Scout (JPL)
Mars 2003 and 2005 page (NSSDC) - Mars 2007 Missions and beyond (NSSDC)
2005 and Beyond (JPL)

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Last Modification: August 5, 2007