OTD In Space – August 4: Phoenix Mars Lander Launched
On Aug. 4, 2007, NASA launched its Phoenix Mars Lander on a mission to touch down on Mars.
The robotic spacecraft was designed to search for environments that could be suitable for microbial life and to study the history of water on the Red Planet. It lifted off at about 5:30 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and spent almost 10 months making its way to Mars. When it arrived at the Red Planet, it landed farther north than any spacecraft had ever gone before. Not only did Phoenix find water-ice, but it also found what appeared to be small globs of liquid water.
The robotic spacecraft was designed to search for environments that could be suitable for microbial life and to study the history of water on the Red Planet. It lifted off at about 5:30 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and spent almost 10 months making its way to Mars. When it arrived at the Red Planet, it landed farther north than any spacecraft had ever gone before. Not only did Phoenix find water-ice, but it also found what appeared to be small globs of liquid water.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:03In 2007, NASA launched its Phoenix Mars Lander on a mission to touch down on Mars.
00:08The robotic spacecraft was designed to search for environments that could be suitable for microbial life
00:13and to study the history of water on the Red Planet.
00:16It lifted off at about 5.30 in the morning from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida
00:20and spent almost 10 months making its way to Mars.
00:23When it finally arrived at the Red Planet, it landed farther north than any spacecraft had ever gone before.
00:28Not only did Phoenix find water ice, but it also found what appeared to be small globs of liquid water.
00:34And that's what happened on this day in space.
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