Phoenix: the story
Phoenix · Chapter 1 of 4
4 August 2007
Launch
Phoenix left Earth on a Delta II 7925 from Space Launch Complex 17A.
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Phoenix · Chapter 2 of 4
25 May 2008
Arrival
Powered descent at Vastitas Borealis.
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Phoenix · Chapter 3 of 4
2008
Life’s work
The first spacecraft to land in the Martian arctic. Its robotic arm dug down to water ice just under the soil.
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Phoenix · Chapter 4 of 4
2 November 2008
Last signal
As the arctic winter set in, the Sun sank too low to power the lander. Its last signal came on 2 November 2008.
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