PDS logoPlanetary Data System
PDS Information
Find a Node - Use these links to navigate to any of the 8 publicly accessible PDS Nodes.

This bar indicates that you are within the PDS enterprise which includes 6 science discipline nodes and 2 support nodes which are overseen by the Project Management Office at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Each node is led by an expert in the subject discipline, supported by an advisory group of other practitioners of that discipline, and subject to selection and approval under a regular NASA Research Announcement.
Click here to return to the Photojournal Home Page Click here to view a list of Photojournal Image Galleries Photojournal_inner_header
Latest Images  |  Spacecraft & Technology  |  Animations  |  Space Images App  |  Feedback  |  Photojournal Search  
Your search criteria found 27 images
Instrument
Go to PIAxxxxx:
Click on an image for detailed information
Click on a column heading to sort in ascending or descending order
My
List		 Addition DateSort Ascending Target Mission Instrument Size
Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-02 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer
 3340x2664x3
This mosaic of images from the Surface Stereo Imager camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows a portion of the spacecraft's deck after deliveries of several Martian soil samples to instruments on the deck.
PIA12106:
Phoenix Deck after Sample Deliveries
Full Resolution:     TIFF (26.69 MB)     JPEG (898.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-22 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer
 1024x1024x1
This image, taken by NASA's Phoenix Lander on Oct. 19, 2008, shows Martian soil piled on top of the spacecraft's deck. Visible in the upper-left portion of the image are several wet chemistry cells of the lander's MECA instrument.
PIA11373:
Soil on Phoenix Deck
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.05 MB)     JPEG (110 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-09 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
 1024x1024x1
This image shows soil delivery to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer taken by Oct. 7, 2008. Four chemistry cells with soil residue piled up on exposed surfaces.
PIA11129:
Soil on Phoenix's MECA
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.05 MB)     JPEG (133.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
 1023x776x1
This image of Martian soil was taken by the Phoenix Lander's atomic force microscope on May 25, 2008. This image of a flat, smooth-surfaced particle is consistent with the appearance of soil from Earth containing the mineral phyllosilicate.
PIA11208:
Martian Particle
Full Resolution:     TIFF (794.9 kB)     JPEG (22.76 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
 1160x504x1
The image on the left is a particle of Martian soil observed with the atomic force microscope on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. For comparison, the image on the right is a type of terrestrial soil on Earth viewed with a scanning electron microscope.
PIA11206:
Mars Particle and Terrestrial Soil, Compared Microscopically
Full Resolution:     TIFF (585.4 kB)     JPEG (55.27 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
 256x512x3
This is the closest view of the material underneath NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. The soil is mostly composed of fine orange particles, and also contains larger grains, about a tenth of a millimeter in diameter, and of various colors.
PIA11205:
Microscope Image of a Martian Soil Surface Sample
Full Resolution:     TIFF (393.9 kB)     JPEG (32.14 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
Robotic Arm
 397x330x3
This image from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows a strongly magnetic surface which had scavenged particles from within the microscope enclosure before a sample delivery from the lander's Robotic Arm.
PIA11204:
Microscope Image of Scavenged Particles
Full Resolution:     TIFF (393.7 kB)     JPEG (45.68 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-23 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
 1209x801x3
Written by electron beam lithography in NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Microdevices Laboratory, this Optical Microscope substrate helps the Phoenix mission science team learn how to assemble microscope images into a mosaic by aligning rows of text.
PIA11193:
Mosaic of Commemorative Microscope Substrate
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.909 MB)     JPEG (100.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-16 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
 1024x1024x1
This image, taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager, documents the delivery of a soil sample from the 'Snow White' trench. A small pile of soil is visible on the lower edge of the second cell from the top of the deck-mounted lab.
PIA11156:
More Soil Delivered to Phoenix Lab
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.05 MB)     JPEG (133.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-14 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
 3172x2157x1
This image shows the eight sharp tips of the NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Atomic Force Microscope, or AFM. The AFM is part of Phoenix's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer, or MECA.
PIA11041:
Sharp Tips on the Atomic Force Microscope
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.851 MB)     JPEG (515.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-14 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
 1279x720x3
A scientific illustration of the operation of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Atomic Force Microscope, or AFM. The AFM is part of Phoenix's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer, or MECA.
PIA11040:
Atomic Force Microscope Operation Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.766 MB)     JPEG (80.77 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-14 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
 605x482x3
This is a 3D representation of the pits seen in the first Atomic Force Microscope, or AFM, images sent back from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in 2008. Red represents the highest point and purple represents the lowest point.
PIA11039:
3-D View of Mars Particle
Full Resolution:     TIFF (876 kB)     JPEG (28.09 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-14 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
 3860x2764x3
This image from NASA's Phoenix Lander shows particles of Martian dust lying on the microscope's silicon substrate. The Robotic Arm sprinkled a sample of the soil from the Snow White trench onto the microscope on July 2, 2008.
PIA11038:
Martian Dust Collected by Phoenix's Arm
Full Resolution:     TIFF (32.01 MB)     JPEG (918.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-14 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
 1962x1472x3
An image and a 3D representation from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Optical Microscope after a sample informally called 'Sorceress' was delivered to its silicon substrate on July 2, 2008.
PIA11042:
Images from Phoenix's MECA Instruments
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.676 MB)     JPEG (279.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-14 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
 926x748x3
An image and 3D representation from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is seen after a sample informally called 'Sorceress' was delivered to its silicon substrate on July 2, 2008.
PIA11036:
Images from Phoenix's MECA Instruments
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.081 MB)     JPEG (97.14 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-14 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
 725x564x3
This image is a three dimensional (3D) view of a digital elevation map of a sample collected by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). Four round pits, 5 microns in depth, were micromachined into the silicon substrate.
PIA11035:
3-D Color Digital Elevation Map of AFM Sample
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.228 MB)     JPEG (32.43 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-26 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
 206x109x1
This portion of a picture acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera documents the delivery of soil to one of four Wet Chemistry Laboratory (WCL) cells on the 30th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA10920:
Delivery to the Wet Chemistry Laboratory
Full Resolution:     TIFF (22.71 kB)     JPEG (6.912 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-26 Phoenix
 MECA
 988x544x3
This image shows four Wet Chemistry Laboratory units, part of the Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) instrument on board NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. This image was taken before Phoenix's launch on August 4, 2007.
PIA10917:
Phoenix's Wet Chemistry Laboratory Units
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.615 MB)     JPEG (91.69 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-26 Phoenix
 MECA
 1081x876x3
This picture of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Wet Chemistry Laboratory (WCL) cell is labeled with components responsible for mixing Martian soil with water from Earth, adding chemicals and measuring the solution chemistry.
PIA10916:
A Wet Chemistry Laboratory Cell
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.845 MB)     JPEG (103.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-26 Phoenix
 MECA
 1238x629x3
This is an illustration of the analytical procedure of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Wet Chemistry Lab (WCL) on board the Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) instrument.
PIA10915:
Phoenix's Wet Chemistry Lab
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.339 MB)     JPEG (71.58 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-26 Phoenix
 MECA
 720x540x3
This is an illustration of soil analysis on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Wet Chemistry Lab (WCL) on board the Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) instrument.
PIA10914:
Phoenix's Wet Chemistry Lab Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.168 MB)     JPEG (28.16 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Phoenix
 MECA
 960x540x3
A camera view zooms in from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander launch site all the way to Phoenix's Microscopy and Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) aboard the spacecraft on the Martian surface.
PIA10799:
Animated Optical Microscope Zoom in from Phoenix Launch to Martian Surface Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.558 MB)     JPEG (32.26 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Phoenix
 MECA
 800x451x3
This image shows the workings of the microscope station of the Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) instrument suite of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
PIA10798:
Schematic Animation of Phoenix's Microscope Station Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.084 MB)     JPEG (21.42 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-06 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
 859x500x3
This mosaic of four side-by-side microscope images acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows a 3 mm diameter silicone target after it had been exposed to dust kicked up by the landing. It is the highest resolution image of dust and ever acquired.
PIA10924:
Highest Resolution Image of Dust and Sand Yet Acquired on Mars
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.29 MB)     JPEG (58.38 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-02 Phoenix
 MECA
 1175x881x3
The targeted landing site for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is at about 68 degrees north latitude, 233 degrees east longitude in the Martian arctic. The Phoenix lander, which landed May 25, 2008 ceased its operations about six months later.
PIA09954:
Chemistry Lab for Phoenix Mars Lander
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.109 MB)     JPEG (173.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-02 Phoenix
 MECA
 1368x694x3
The science payload of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander includes a multi-tool instrument named the Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA).
PIA09953:
Microscopes for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.854 MB)     JPEG (167.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-02 Phoenix
 MECA
 501x572x3
One part of the MECA instrument for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is a pair of telescopes with a special wheel (on the right in this photograph) for presenting samples to be inspected with the microscopes.
PIA09952:
Phoenix Mars Lander's Chemistry Lab in a Box
Full Resolution:     TIFF (860.9 kB)     JPEG (36.11 kB)
Currently displaying images: 1 - 27 of 27