NASA Mars Phoenix Spacecraft is Healthy

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The Phoenix spacecraft is only three days and three million miles away
from entry, descent and landing on Mars - the most difficult and
scariest phase that any robotic lander must face.

But the spacecraft is healthy, right on target, and even predicted to
have good landing weather, team leaders from The University of Arizona,
the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin said at a NASA
headquarters news briefing in Washington, D.C., today.

"The latest calculation from our navigation team shows the center of the
area where we're currently headed lies less than eight miles from the
center of our target area," said Barry Goldstein, Phoenix project
manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, located in Pasadena, Calif.*
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html
*Phoenix on Course for May 25 Mars Landing*
05.22.08 -- With three days and 3 million miles left to fly before
arriving at Mars, NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is on track for its
destination in the Martian arctic.
Read more
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080522.html>

*Today on the Phoenix Blog: Three Days to Go*
05.22.08 -- Spacecraft and science team updates, plus answers to your
questions.
Go to blog, post your comments
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/blogs/index.html>

*Phoenix Mission Briefings*
May 24, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. Pacific)
May 25, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. Pacific)
May 25, NASA TV coverage begins 6:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. Pacific)
May 25, Landing on Mars at approximately 7:53 p.m. (4:53 p.m. Pacific)
� NASA TV on the Web <http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/>
� Schedule of landing events
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/landingevents.html>
� Landing Press Kit (3Mb)
<http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/226508main_phoenix-landing1.pdf>
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Just a reminder, fingers crossed, wish them luck.
- LRK -

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-- NASA Mars Phoenix Spacecraft is Healthy
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=25502

"The Phoenix spacecraft is only three days and three million miles away from
entry, descent and landing on Mars - the most difficult and scariest phase that any robotic lander
must face. But the spacecraft is healthy, right on target, and even predicted to have good landing
weather, team leaders from The University of Arizona, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin
said at a NASA headquarters news briefing in Washington, D.C., today."

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http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/calendar/calendar.php?ID=107

Phoenix Lands on Mars

*Sunday, 25 May 2008*
3:00 pm � 8:00 pm
Location: Kuiper Space Sciences Building
Join us as we celebrate the PHOENIX Lander's touchdown on the red planet!

Beginning at 3 p.m., a NASA/JPL TV feed will be available in the Kuiper
<http://iiewww.ccit.arizona.edu/uamap/staticLarge/92.html>, Sonett,
<http://iiewww.ccit.arizona.edu/uamap/staticLarge/63.html> and Flandrau
<http://iiewww.ccit.arizona.edu/uamap/staticLarge/91.html> buildings,
with PHOENIX and HiRISE* <http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu> mission staff
available to discuss the projects and the science.

*A C T I V I T I E S*
*Flandrau Science Center* will present the MarsQuest planetarium show:
<http://www.gotuasciencecenter.org/astronomy/new-planetarium-show/>
1 p.m., 3-2-1 Blast Off!
2:30 p.m., MarsQuest
4 p.m., Under Arizona Skies (live sky show)
Admission is free.

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http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/
Department of Planetary Sciences
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
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http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/research/
Missions and Research

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http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/
Phoenix Home

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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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