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May. 27, 2008 | 11:42 PDT | 18:42 UTC
The HiRISE parachute image just got even better
They announced at this morning's press conference that yesterday, when they first looked at their photo of Phoenix under its parachute, the HiRISE team failed to really take in the context of the image. Well, here it is, and -- prepare to have to... More»
May. 26, 2008 | 21:33 PDT | May. 27 04:33 UTC
Visions of Mars, on Mars
This is a post for those of you who manage to make it here through the continued attacks on our website...
There was a downlink from Phoenix via Odyssey this evening, and it included a lot of great new images. Among them was the first image of the... More»
May. 26, 2008 | 15:12 PDT | 22:12 UTC
Done for the day
Thanks to everyone who tuned in for today's chat. It's a holiday here in the U.S., so I'm leaving now to join a family get-together, but I'll be back at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to cover tomorrow's press briefing, scheduled for 11 am PDT... More»
May. 26, 2008 | 11:55 PDT | 18:55 UTC
Ustream chat at 12:30 PDT / 19:30 UTC
Hi all, I'm going to be on Ustream for a video chat at 12:30 PDT / 19:30 UTC, for half an hour. Hope to see you then! The chat room is already hopping, so go on over there if you want to discuss.... More»
May. 26, 2008 | 11:12 PDT | 18:12 UTC
OMG!! Parachute!!!! Photo!!!!!
One word: Whoah.HiRISE spots Phoenix as it fallsThis amazing photo shows the Phoenix lander, still protected inside its backshell and heat shield, stretched out below its parachute (at the top of the image). It was taken by the HiRISE camera on... More»
May. 26, 2008 | 11:04 PDT | 18:04 UTC
OMG!! Parachute!!!!
Ohmygod, at the press briefing they are showing a photo of the parachute and lander and you can even see the parachute lines and stripes on the chute taken by HiRISE as Phoenix fell toward the ground. Ohymygod this is totally frikkin' awesome!!! ... More»
May. 26, 2008 | 08:42 PDT | 15:42 UTC
Some context for the "Sol 0" images
A brief housekeeping note: if you check this site using an RSS feed, you may have missed some of my posts from yesterday, as it looks like the RSS feed updates didn't happen quite right yesterday. Try coming to the blog homepage and going through... More»
May. 25, 2008 | 22:25 PDT | May. 26 05:25 UTC
Phoenix: last press briefing of the day after the successful landing
I'll admit, I'm pretty tired, so the best I can probably do now is post some notes from the briefing and then go to bed...
At the press briefing, they started by replaying some of the video shot in mission control -- primarily for the benefit of... More»
May. 25, 2008 | 20:59 PDT | May. 26 03:59 UTC
I spoke too soon about color!
I took a look at the Phoenix image website and it looked like there were an awful lot of very-similar images, which meant some of them might represent color data. I fiddled a bit, and here's the first quick-and-dirty color image from... More»
May. 25, 2008 | 20:22 PDT | May. 26 03:22 UTC
A litle update from the press room
I should be euphoric at this point with the successful landing, but I'm exhausted and disheartened becuase of all the malicious denial-of-service attacks on our website and on my Ustream channel -- they've very effectively impeded my efforts to get... More»
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