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Phoenix Lands on Mars - First Images |
On Sunday 16:53 PDT, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander assisted by a series of spacecrafts in the orbit of the Red Planet successfully touched down on the surface and has since transmitted a series of pictures of the north polar plains, which it will be investigating in the months to come. Initial measurements show that the spacecraft it tilted at only 0.25 degrees from the horizontal, meaning that it has cleared all the boulders in the surrounding area and is in no danger of topping over or of no...
Posted originally: Mon, 26 May 2008 06:54:00 GMT
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