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, 09:05 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Conference has started...
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Nov 10 2008, 09:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 270 Joined: 29-December 04 From: NLA0: Member No.: 133 |
Goodbye friend :'(
-------------------- PDP, VAX and Alpha fanatic ; HP-Compaq is the Satan! ; Let us pray daily while facing Maynard! ; Life starts at 150 km/h ;
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Nov 10 2008, 09:08 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
"End of mission" declared... no-one has any expectations of Phoenix being heard from again...
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Nov 10 2008, 09:09 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 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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Nov 10 2008, 09:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 350 Joined: 20-June 04 From: Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Member No.: 86 |
Phoenix was a fun mission. And if we hear from it again, it will be that much more exciting. I look forward to seeing the (as of yet!) complete results.
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Nov 10 2008, 09:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
It was the most exciting EDL ever that's for certain.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Nov 10 2008, 09:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
It was the most exciting EDL ever that's for certain. Indeed. Seems like it was yesterday... -------------------- |
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Nov 10 2008, 09:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
(I still have the half-eaten bag of peanuts).
-------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Nov 10 2008, 09:20 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Yeah, that was a heck of a night, wasn't it? Thank you everyone on the Phoenix team for a wonderful few months!
Looking forward to the science results. Lots of delights and surprises lurking in that data, I'm sure. -------------------- |
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Nov 10 2008, 09:21 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Sad topic to start - but it marks the end of a great mission.
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Nov 10 2008, 09:25 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Sad, but inevitable, and everyone involved in the mission should feel very, very proud of what they and their lander achieved during Phoenix's all-too-brief stay on Mars. Thanks to them we saw martian ice glinting in the sunlight, clouds scudding across the sky, dust devils whorling in the distance... so many wonderful memories for us all to look back on in years to come.
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Nov 10 2008, 09:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241 |
from my phone via twitter From Phoenix mission ops: Phoenix is no longer communicating with Earth. We'll continue to listen, but it's likely its mission has ended. (it is now ~4:27pm Eastern US time, Nov 10, 2008) -------------------- CLA CLL
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Nov 10 2008, 09:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 17-March 05 Member No.: 206 |
Anyone have the final / last image that Pheonix took?
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Nov 10 2008, 09:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Farewell, Phoenix. We hardly knew ye.
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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