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Phoenix scheduled to arrive at KSC later today, Lander being transported by C-17 cargo plane
punkboi
post May 7 2007, 06:15 PM
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NASA's next Mars spacecraft is set to fly to Florida today...if weather cooperates in snowy Colorado.

Moving Day to Mars
Author Leonard David

NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander is slated to start its long distance love affair with the red planet today - but by airlift.

A C-17 cargo plane is ready at Buckley Air Force Base here in Colorado to deliver the next Mars mission to Florida, the next step toward its blastoff in August. Liftoff is a mere 87 days away atop a Delta 2 booster.

Phoenix is targeted for a legged landing at Mars’ arctic region in May 2008.

It’s all tender-loving care today as the spacecraft builders, technicians and other specialists at Lockheed Martin Space Systems have crated up the Phoenix spacecraft near Denver, Colorado for its flight to Florida.

If the weather cooperates — it’s snowing here this morning — I’ll be onboard the cargo plane headed to the warmer climes of Florida later today.

http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2007/05/0...ng-day-to-mars/


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- punkboi   Phoenix scheduled to arrive at KSC later today   May 7 2007, 06:15 PM
- - punkboi   UPDATE (5/8/07): "Numbers of “loadmasters” w...   May 8 2007, 04:13 PM
- - punkboi   Photos of Phoenix's arrival at KSC:   May 8 2007, 05:28 PM
- - nprev   Great stuff, punkboi...love the pics, thanks!...   May 9 2007, 12:38 AM
- - punkboi   RE: Phoenix scheduled to arrive at KSC later today   May 9 2007, 06:01 AM
- - BPCooper   These and more can be found here too: http://medi...   May 9 2007, 06:07 AM
|- - slipstream   QUOTE (BPCooper @ May 9 2007, 10:07 AM) T...   May 21 2007, 11:50 AM
- - punkboi   Phoenix will probably get its own category once Da...   May 9 2007, 05:53 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   How's this for a sensational headline?: Probe...   May 9 2007, 10:26 PM
- - MahFL   The last words of the piece tell the actual truth....   May 10 2007, 10:58 AM
- - punkboi   New photos of Phoenix up on KSC site: http://medi...   May 10 2007, 05:40 PM
- - djellison   I can't see Mardi? It must be there - I thou...   May 10 2007, 08:04 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (djellison @ May 10 2007, 01:04 PM)...   May 11 2007, 03:26 AM
- - djellison   Ahh - way over there - got it - thanks Mike. Dou...   May 11 2007, 07:23 AM
- - djellison   This has to be the WORST place to put your office ...   May 17 2007, 08:04 PM
- - elakdawalla   That'd be a fun one for a caption contest. -...   May 17 2007, 08:26 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ May 17 2007, 10:26 A...   May 17 2007, 08:33 PM
- - djellison   Well then it'd be the qualification tests for ...   May 17 2007, 09:03 PM
- - Jim from NSF.com   That was taken during DMCO testing. Delta Miss...   May 17 2007, 10:00 PM


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