PIA11202: Phoenix Landing Site Indicated on Global View
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Phoenix
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Phoenix Lander
 Instrument:  Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
 Product Size:  1920 x 1080 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA11202.tif (6.23 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA11202.jpg (85.59 kB)

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NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission landed at 68.2 degrees north latitude, 234.2 degrees east longitude. The far-northern location of the site is indicated on this global view from the Mars Orbiter Camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.

The Phoenix Mission is led by the University of Arizona, Tucson, on behalf of NASA. Project management of the mission is by JPL, Pasadena, Calif. Spacecraft development was by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver.

Photojournal Note: As planned, the Phoenix lander, which landed May 25, 2008 23:53 UTC, ended communications in November 2008, about six months after landing, when its solar panels ceased operating in the dark Martian winter.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2008-09-30