Thursday, May 01, 2008

This image marks the path traveled by the Phoenix spacecraft as of 12:23 AM, Pacific Daylight Time, on May 1, 2008.  It has flown a distance of 395 million miles since launch...at a speed of 45,064 miles per hour.
ABOVE: This image marks the path traveled by the Phoenix spacecraft as of 12:23 AM, Pacific Daylight Time, on May 1, 2008. It has flown a distance of 395 million miles since launch...at a speed of 45,064 miles per hour. Click here to view the official webpage showing where Phoenix is in space.

BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH, the Phoenix Lander should safely be down on the surface of Mars...studying the ice on the Martian northern plain...and sending back cool images that will hopefully be posted on this page as soon as NASA publicly releases them. Stay tuned...

An artist's concept of Phoenix heading towards Mars.

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