Never seen before by ANYBODY
 

After a short jaunt at 74,564 mph since last August 4th, an assembly of parts has landed on another planet.

Phoenix is sending back vacation pics before it begins taking in the local sights and making a lot of decisions that answers questions that were considered by the Greeks.

I started a thread without quite realizing there was one already started. Sorry PF. I'm moving my post here.

-----

The Mars lander Phoenix made it safely to the surface and seems to be functioning well. An amazing accomplishment.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080526...sc/phoenix_mars

Answering questions the Greeks asked?? You mean like, "Who's going to win the relay race in the Olympics??" :)

Here is the story from the BBC, with a short video when the Phoenix probe landed. Quite an accomplishment. :thumb:

Yes, the Martian Civil Defence hasn't had a chance to nobble this one yet.

"No-one would have believed . . . ."

I'm excited to share this with my kiddos tomorrow.

Here are a few pics youcan share.

http://www.reuters.com/news/picture...ame=topNews#a=1

Very cool!

I was a little surprised that there weren't any pictures of some "ice," being near the north pole and everything. That would have been interesting to see.

This expresses some of my thoughts very well. :thumb:

but I don't see Marvin ...

maybe he lives at the other pole.

Here he is. :)

Telecom Mars has cut the link to the orbiter.

Apparently NASA hasn't paid the bill.

Just like the government all blow and no show