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Phoenix - The First Mars Scout MissionAs the first of the new Mars Scouts missions, the Phoenix project was selected by NASA in August of 2003. Four years later, almost to the day, Phoenix was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Station and successfully injected into an interplanetary trajectory on its way to Mars. On May 25, 2008 Phoenix conducted the first successful powered decent on Mars in over 30 years. This paper will highlight some of the key changes since the 2008 IEEE paper of the same name, as well as performance through cruise, landing at the north pole of Mars and some of the preliminary results of the surface mission.


Document ID
20150014782
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Goldstein, Barry
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Shotwell, Robert
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 3, 2015
Publication Date
September 29, 2008
Subject Category
Geophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Astronautical Congress
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Start Date: September 29, 2008
End Date: October 3, 2008
Sponsors: International Astronautical Federation
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Lander
North Pole

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