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Phoenix
CompletedNASA
Image: NASA/JPL/Corby Waste · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Launched
- 4 Aug 200709:26:34 UTC
- Last contact
- 2 Nov 2008
- End declared
- 10 Nov 2008
- Duration
- 1 year 2 months
A NASA lander that touched down in the Martian arctic, dug into the soil and confirmed water ice just below the surface.
Milestones
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Launch4 Aug 2007Lands in the Martian arctic25 May 2008Last contact2 Nov 2008
Spacecraft
Stationary lander with a 2.4 m robotic arm, ovens and a wet chemistry lab for analysing soil samples.
- Launch mass
- 410 kg
- Dry mass
- 343 kg
- Size
- 2.2 m × 1.5 m, span 5.5 m
- Power
- Solar
- Last contact
- 2 Nov 2008
- End declared
- 10 Nov 2008
- Designator
- 2007-034A
Mission details from science.nasa.gov.
