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Phoenix Cruise, Earth to Mars
abalone
post Aug 4 2007, 11:11 AM
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Data from Phoenix indicates the spacecraft reorienting itself to point its solar arrays toward the sun, a NASA spokesman says.


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1108 GMT (7:08 a.m. EDT)

Confirmation of a successful launch has been announced by Chuck Dovale, the NASA launch manager.


http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/phoenix/status.html


We are on our way!!!
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One of the two most dangerous steps is behind us, easy few months to come (fingers crossed)
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post Sep 18 2007, 11:25 AM
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Optical microscope passes tests and it's "alive and well":



Image credit: University of Arizona and Phoenix team
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- abalone   Phoenix Cruise   Aug 4 2007, 11:11 AM
- - general   Godspeed, little Phoenix.   Aug 4 2007, 11:52 AM
- - nprev   Green bird all the way, baby...show us a place no ...   Aug 4 2007, 11:55 AM
- - Zvezdichko   The launch was spectacular. We got quite nervous a...   Aug 4 2007, 11:58 AM
- - dsmillman   Now that Phoenix is on its way, what is the landin...   Aug 4 2007, 12:58 PM
- - Zvezdichko   Emily has published a great article concerning the...   Aug 4 2007, 04:32 PM
- - mgrodzki   i hope it figures out how to be a rover on its way...   Aug 4 2007, 09:38 PM
- - Pavel   Either that, or it will figure out how to make a b...   Aug 4 2007, 11:16 PM
- - alan   Anyone have a list of which HiRISE images are in t...   Aug 5 2007, 12:20 AM
- - punkboi   Don't know if the official Phoenix website wil...   Aug 9 2007, 07:46 PM
- - Ken90000   Thanks for the update. I was wondering where Phoe...   Aug 9 2007, 10:49 PM
- - nprev   I always enjoy the cruise phase, in its way...it...   Aug 9 2007, 11:55 PM
- - mchan   I did not find a faq for the solar system simulato...   Aug 10 2007, 01:52 AM
- - Zvezdichko   First TCM completed successfully: http://www.jpl....   Aug 10 2007, 11:42 PM
- - punkboi   There is now a "Where is Phoenix?" page ...   Aug 11 2007, 01:48 AM
- - Rakhir   Phoenix Mars Lander Status Report: Radar and Other...   Sep 5 2007, 11:50 AM
- - Del Palmer   First image from Robotic Arm Camera received on Ea...   Sep 7 2007, 10:14 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Del Palmer @ Sep 8 2007, 12:14 AM)...   Sep 10 2007, 04:05 PM
- - nprev   Wild! Amazed by the fact that the LEDs provi...   Sep 8 2007, 12:07 AM
- - djellison   I think you can see the bio barrier in the backgro...   Sep 10 2007, 05:28 PM
|- - ustrax   Some justice...   Sep 10 2007, 07:29 PM
- - edstrick   Hmmmmmm...... I went to the http://phoenix.lpl.ari...   Sep 11 2007, 01:59 AM
- - djellison   Yay - first photoshopping from Phoenix I had a h...   Sep 11 2007, 07:02 AM
- - edstrick   I'm suspecting those diagonal stripes are a ...   Sep 11 2007, 07:06 AM
- - djellison   Yeah - I think it's some of that thermal tape ...   Sep 11 2007, 07:18 AM
- - edstrick   <innocently asks> That's sort of like a ...   Sep 11 2007, 07:29 AM
- - djellison   Sort of. Although it opens all down one side. Y...   Sep 11 2007, 07:32 AM
- - edstrick   You're supposed to IGNORE questions like that...   Sep 11 2007, 07:35 AM
- - Alex Chapman   It seems we have a fellow photoshopper on the Phoe...   Sep 13 2007, 01:51 PM
- - Zvezdichko   Optical microscope passes tests and it's ...   Sep 18 2007, 11:25 AM
- - monitorlizard   You can't take tree rings to Mars! Where...   Sep 19 2007, 12:25 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (monitorlizard @ Sep 18 2007, 04:25...   Sep 19 2007, 02:48 PM
- - Phil Stooke   A thumbprint on the lens... Phil   Sep 19 2007, 04:02 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Sep 19 2007, 06:02 P...   Sep 19 2007, 04:15 PM
- - nprev   ...evil, Gordan, ee-VIL!   Sep 19 2007, 04:49 PM
- - edstrick   It's the RFID tag to make sure the space alien...   Sep 20 2007, 06:24 AM
|- - punkboi   I don't think the Decepticon will care about t...   Oct 1 2007, 04:30 AM
- - Del Palmer   Latest cruise update: http://www.nasa.gov/mission...   Oct 31 2007, 10:46 AM
- - SkyeLab   PHOENIX WEB CHAT TODAY! Wednesday, Feb. 20, a...   Feb 20 2008, 01:28 PM
- - nprev   Orbiter fleet gearing up to support Phoenix's ...   Feb 28 2008, 09:30 PM
- - djellison   They've taken another in flight RAC shot - fli...   Mar 27 2008, 07:50 PM
- - climber   Thanks for the scoop !   Mar 27 2008, 08:54 PM
- - lyford   ouch!   Mar 27 2008, 10:37 PM
- - nprev   ROTFLMAO!!!   Mar 27 2008, 11:56 PM
- - Aussie   Do they intend to adopt the same approach as MER o...   Mar 28 2008, 05:59 AM
- - djellison   I've not heard anything specific or formal - b...   Mar 28 2008, 07:49 AM
- - mchan   On the lighter side of news from Phoenix website -...   Mar 29 2008, 12:52 AM

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