Phoenix - End of Mission |
Phoenix - End of Mission |
Nov 10 2008, 08:05 PM
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Martian Photographer Group: Members Posts: 353 Joined: 3-March 05 Member No.: 183 |
NASA Teleconference Today about Status of Phoenix Mars Lander
WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EST today, Monday, Nov. 10, to discuss the status of the Phoenix Mars Lander. Phoenix has been operating on the Red Planet for more than five months. Participants will be: -- Barry Goldstein, Phoenix project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. -- Peter Smith, Phoenix principal investigator at the University of Arizona in Tucson -- Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio. |
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Nov 10 2008, 09:09 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Barry :
Sol 151 - had a bit of a problem. Executing the last high power science day. Dust storm on that day (out of the blue). Were expecting Tau of .3. Planned for .5 - it went up to 0.8. For a few sols it kept communicating. Became harder for the vehicle to wake up as the dust has hung around. Nov 5th - was the last time they heard from Phoenix. At this time pretty convinced the vehicle is no longer available to us. Declaring an end of mission operations at this time. Going to keep listening with MODY and MRO - but no one has any expectations of that happening. |
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