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A Tale of Two Missions: Phoenix Lander

Posted on March 20, 2010 by admin

This is part two in our feature, A Tale of Two Missions, looking at the 2001 Mars Odyssey satellite and the Phoenix lander.  As we saw in part one, these missions were planned to complement each other, with Odyssey spotting … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Missions: Mars Odyssey satellite

Posted on March 17, 2010 by admin

The exploration of Mars by unmanned satellites and landers is proceeding at a brisk pace. Over the last few years, several impressive pieces of hardware have been sent to Mars, and the science that they are sending us is filling … Continue reading →

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Search for Two Mars Landers to Continue

Posted on January 14, 2010 by admin

As our closest neighbor in the solar system, Mars is the planet which has been most closely studied. Over the years a number of spacecraft and landing craft have been sent to the planet and these have met with varying … Continue reading →

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