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 May 27 2014, 03:30 PM
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Big news from Phoenix-land.
The latest released image of the landing site shows a big change in the parachute since landing. There are lots of images of this site, so a time-series set could be very interesting. Here's a comparison - the left side is a figure from my future book, showing the parachute just after landing. the right side is the newest image taken in February 2014. The parachute has clearly moved very considerably - surely there is no other possible explanation for this? And I wonder if it didn't pull the backshell enough to tip it over, because that looks different as well. I will search back in time to try to find when this happened, but I probably can't put much time into it. Phil
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May 27 2014, 03:41 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
NICE FIND (especially as the HiRISE team didn't use the word Phoenix in the observation title! ) As some of you know - watching parachutes in HiRISE is something of a personal obsession. Spirit's flapped around once and hasn't moved since. Still waiting for follow up images with Opportunity. But I hadn't thought to look at the Phoenix chute. Now on my to-do list!
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Phil Stooke Phoenix parachute May 27 2014, 03:30 PM
Phil Stooke Right... HiRISE team did not use Phoenix in the ti... May 27 2014, 07:41 PM Phil Stooke A quick look suggests to me that the change happen... May 27 2014, 08:46 PM djellison Previously I'd only been able to track it duri... May 27 2014, 09:03 PM Phil Stooke Here's a 2014 image of the Phoenix parachute, ... May 19 2016, 06:15 AM Phil Stooke Also - though it's not the parachute, it doesn... May 19 2016, 06:18 AM elakdawalla Poor Phoenix May 19 2016, 06:05 PM Phil Stooke It took a while to find Phoenix in the most recent... May 20 2016, 06:08 PM Phil Stooke And the lander with the latest view.
Phil
May 20 2016, 06:17 PM
nprev Wow. Fascinating to watch this over the seasons. I... May 20 2016, 07:24 PM |
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