{"id":1410,"date":"2008-05-30T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2008-05-30T18:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/05\/30\/1410\/"},"modified":"2008-11-21T01:31:44","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T06:31:44","slug":"the-phoenix-landing-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/05\/30\/1410\/","title":{"rendered":"the Phoenix Mars Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Martian surface is rather barren….
Photo credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/University of Arizona<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For nearly the last year I’ve been following the various contemporary space missions on this blog. It probably all started last summer after finding the unique Zodiac from 1544<\/a>, then this curiosity progressed to Google Sky<\/a> & Stellarium<\/a>, to seeing my first Moon Mars conjunction<\/a> as well as Saturn for the first time<\/a> in December, and most recently seeing Mercury Messenger<\/a>‘s first photographs of the backside of Mercury<\/a> and seeing Jupiter conjunct the Moon for the first time last week. <\/p>\n

Today’s entry concerns the Phoenix Mars Mission<\/a> which I’ve found to be pretty fun to learn about<\/a>. The website consists of scientist blogs<\/a>, near-realtime photographs<\/a> and animations<\/a>. Because it’s all happening in near-real time, it’s like you are exploring Mars alongside of the official scientists. Quite cool.<\/p>\n

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