Mars Phoenix probe has landed 26/05/08

[Detroit City]

It landed just fine.

good, thanx....i'm going to pass out now

 

[Hocus Eye.]

"It's down baby it's down"

 

[Detroit City]

where are teh martians and shit? how many millions did we spend on this??

"It's down baby it's down"

 

[Random]

excellent news, really made my morning

 

[Barking_Mad]

Amazing achievement, amazing to get photos back from somewhere so far away - but christ they are boring!

Looks like the bit of waste ground round the back of my flat

 

[Pip]

"It's down baby it's down"

Looks like Norfolk.

 

[editor]

This is an amazing technological achievement.

Nice one NASA.

 

[T & P]

Extremeley flat compared with many of the equatorial areas of Mars we've seen pictures of in the past.

Good site for a landing base. Instead of building a third runway at Heathrow, perhaps they could move the whole airport there.

 

[Wookey]

Well, what a fabulous and amazing feat to have woken up to!

I should go to bed in the middle of history being made more often.

Win for the Nasa! And Congratulations to all and sundry.

 

[spacemonkey]

Nice one clever NASA boffins.

Find some ice!

 

[Phenotypic Dai]

I'm ashamed to say I fell asleep watching the NASA broadcast.

Still, glad they made it. Apparently these things have a 55% fail rate when it comes to landing.

Or even hitting the planet in some cases.

 

[editor]

Love the pink sky! Man, I'd love to have a stomp around on the surface of Mars....

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Sweet! It looks just like in the films.

Not much going on though.

 

[cesare]

Pink and terracotta

Well done NASA!

 

[jæd]

Sweet! It looks just like in the films.

Not much going on though.

And why do you think that is, then...? *Conspiracy* All you need is a quarry in Wales and some red filters...

 

[exosculate]

Love the pink sky! Man, I'd love to have a stomp around on the surface of Mars....

Isn't that the Mojave desert - taken through a pink filter?

N.B - If memory serves correctly - there is a gas station to the left of this picture just out of view.

 

[laptop]

Isn't that the Mojave desert

With (E2A: what looks a lot like) frost heave?

 

[toblerone3]

With (E2A: what looks a lot like) frost heave?

Nice pingos and polygons

 

[jayeola]

I wonder if the criminal justice bill extends to as far as Mars. First thing I'd do is rig up some NASA speakers and party! They do deserve it, don't they?

 

[Augie March]

Brilliant.

Now, let's find the water!

 

[longdog]

So That's Where It Went.

 

[Phenotypic Dai]

 

[editor]

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[longdog]

 

[editor]

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[editor]

More Phoenix pics here:

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=434&cID=8

 

[xes]

http://fawkes4.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=364&cID=7

not sure if this is the same link as the one Ed just posted,but if it ain't,then there's a couple more

can't wait for the high res pics!

 

[Detroit City]

you people are funny

i can see buckets on mars, but no life

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Phoenix was photographed on its descent (with parachute deployed)
by the Mars Orbiter:

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/05_26_pr.php

Apparently, according to one of the NASA guys on the Badastronomy blog, there is a better image in processing, and also Mars Express got off a couple of frames.

Quoth NASA man about the above image

No, we had only one shot at this. Our set up time to take a single image is nearly as long as the whole EDL sequence. There was not enough time to take more than this single image.

Good job!

 

[editor]

Phoenix was photographed on its descent (with parachute deployed)

That's pretty damn amazing - especially when you consider how small the thing is.