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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»
May. 25, 2008 | 20:18 PDT | May. 26 03:18 UTC
A deployed solar panel
Since the lander hit the ground in the afternoon and was oriented east-west, the sun angle tells me that this should be the eastern solar panel.Solar panel mosaicA three-panel mosaic of one of the solar panels Credit: NASA / JPL / U. Arizona ... More»
May. 25, 2008 | 20:03 PDT | May. 26 03:03 UTC
Early version of the horizon mosaic, still missing two of six panels
None of the pictures today will be in color. I think it's likely none of the images tomorrow will be in color either. But the black-and-white is totally awesome.Early version of the first horizon "postcard"This is a mosaic of four images. You can... More»
May. 25, 2008 | 19:56 PDT | May. 26 02:56 UTC
Footpads
Footpad on soil at Phoenix landing siteCredit: NASA / JPL / U. Arizona Footpad on soil -- processedThis version has been processed to bring out more details. Credit: NASA / JPL / U. Arizona / processing by Emily Lakdawalla... More»
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