Phoenix Mars lander. Composite self-portrait of the Phoenix lander spacecraft on Mars. The black circle shows the position of the camera. Phoenix was launched on 4th August 2007 and landed on Mars on 25th May 2008. It is the first successful landing on a polar region of Mars and the sixth successful Mars landing. This mission's aim is to research the history of water on Mars and to evaluate the environment for any past (or potential future) microbial life on the planet. Image obtained using the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) | |
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