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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is scheduled to land on the Martian northern plains near 68 degrees north latitude, 127 degrees west longitude on May 25, 2008. In preparation for the landing, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been monitoring weather in the region around the landing site. On April 20, 2008, the orbiter's Mars Color Imager camera captured this view of a large region of northern Mars that includes the landing target area in the lower right quadrant.

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NASA has scheduled a media briefing Tuesday, May 13, at 11 a.m. EDT, to discuss the challenges, risks and science opportunities of the scheduled May 25 landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander. Officials also will provide details on the Phoenix landing site.

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 On May 25, the eyes of the world will be on Tucson as the Phoenix, the United States latest effort to land on Mars will descend to the red planet. It marks the first time in the history of the nations space program that a University will be in control of the mission, and is a huge honour for the University of Arizona.
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NASA engineers have adjusted the flight path of the Phoenix Mars Lander, setting the spacecraft on course for its May 25th landing on the Red Planet.
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Resurrected from the ashes of a failed mission to the forbidding Red Planet, JPL's Mars Phoenix Lander is on course for the first touchdown on Martian soil since 2004.
Mission controllers at JPL successfully commanded the spacecraft's thrusters to fire for 35 seconds on Thursday, putting the probe on a trajectory for a landing at the planet's polar region.
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 Three Mars spacecraft are adjusting their orbits to be over the right place at the right time to listen to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander as it enters the Martian atmosphere on May 25.
Every landing on Mars is difficult. Having three orbiters track Phoenix as it streaks through Mars' atmosphere will set a new standard for coverage of critical events during a robotic landing. The data stream from Phoenix will be relayed to Earth throughout the spacecraft's entry, descent and landing events. If all goes well, the flow of information will continue for one minute after touchdown.

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A titanium product developed by ATI Wah Chang is on its way to Mars as part of the Phoenix Mars Lander program expected to set down on the red planet on May 25, 2008. The product can withstand extremely high temperatures yet is relatively easy to work with.
The lander was launched Aug. 4. It is part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations Scout program and was built for the 2001 survey of Mars that was cancelled. It was named Phoenix after the mythical bird that rises from the dead.
The ATI 425 titanium developed in Albany was chosen by the University of Arizonas Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. It was used to make four structural elements in the landers Thermal Evolved Gas Analyser, which will heat soil samples and record their changes throughout the process.

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Phoenix Mars Lander Status Report:
Tasks En Route to Mars Include Course Tweak, Gear Checks

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, launched on Aug. 4 and headed to Mars, fired its four trajectory correction thrusters Wednesday for only the second time. The 45.9-second burn nudged the spacecraft just the right amount to put it on a course to arrive at the red planet seven months from today.
At Mars, Phoenix will face a challenging 7-minute descent through the atmosphere to land in the far north on May 25, 2008. After landing, it will use a robotic digging arm and other instruments during a three-month period to investigate whether icy soil of the Martian arctic could have ever been a favourable environment for microbial life. The solar-powered lander will also look for clues about the history of the water in the ice and will monitor weather as northern Mars' summer progresses toward  autumn.
The second course adjustment had been postponed a week to allow time for carefully returning the spacecraft to full operations after a cosmic-ray strike disrupted a computer memory chip Oct. 6. Experiences with previous spacecraft have shown hits by cosmic rays are a known hazard in deep space. The Phoenix spacecraft properly followed its onboard safety programming by putting itself into a precautionary standby state when the event occurred. Mission controllers then followed step-by-step procedures to understand the cause and resume regular operations.

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