Originally Posted By Rebekah In less than 20 minutes the Phoenix Mars Lander will hopefully land safely on Mars. It is being broadcast over the web at NASA.gov/phoenix and on NASA TV. Landing on Mars has proven difficult so as entry begins they refer to that period as "7 Minutes of Terror" Event Time (UTC) Time (PST) Cruise Stage Separation 23:39:17 16:39:17 Turn-to-Entry 23:39:47 16:39:47 Entry 23:46:17 16:46:17 Nominal Plasma Black out start 23:47:05 16:47:05 Nominal Plasma Black out end 23:49:05 16:49:05 Nominal Heatshield Deployment 23:50:12 16:50:12 Nominal Lander Leg Deployment 23:50:22 16:50:22 Nominal Lander Separation 23:52:50 16:52:50 Nominal Touch Down 23:53:33 16:53:33 Good luck. Click here for an updating blog on the mission <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/blogs/20080525.html" target="_blank">http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pa...525.html</a>
Originally Posted By Rebekah The first time listed after the event is UTC and the second time is PST. R.
Originally Posted By X-san Hey Rebekah! Long time no speak. Nice to see your post! Very interesting, this. Thanks for the link. Looks like it was a successful landing.
Originally Posted By -em I played the refresh game with the countdown and was glad to see it land safely- Ive become such a space nerd since moving out here its nuts...
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<<After a journey of 10-months and more than 400 million miles, Phoenix has arrived at the Red Planet to begin its study of water and possible conditions for life.>>>
