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Connecting the Dots: Lander, Heat Shield, Parachute

Target Name:  Mars-Phoenix
Spacecraft:  Phoenix Lander
Instrument:  Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Produced by:  NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy
Cross Reference:  PIA10710
Date Taken:  25 May 2008

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This enhanced-color image from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera shows the Phoenix landing area viewed from orbit. The spacecraft appears more blue than it would in reality. From top to bottom are the Phoenix lander with its solar panels deployed on the Martian surface, the heat shield and bounce mark the heat shield made on the Martian surface, and the top of the Phoenix parachute attached to the bottom of the back shell.

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

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