MARS LANDING - LIVE! Join JPL’s Larry Simmons for this once-in-a-lifetime event to watch the MARS LANDING live at Warner Springs Ranch via live satellite feed from NASA. Listen to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander as it enters the Martian atmosphere May 25th in the Event Tent. Three Mars spacecraft are adjusting their orbits to be over the right place at the right time.
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.
“Build Warner Springs Ranch on Mars” contest for families begins at 12:00 p.m. Bring your rocks and Legos, etc, Tables will be provided for the activity and there will be prizes for participants! Room reservations 760-782-4200
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The Phoenix mission is led by Peter Smith at the University of Arizona, Tucson, with project management at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and development partnership at Lockheed Martin, Denver. International contributions are provided by the Canadian Space Agency; the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland; the universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark; Max Planck Institute, Germany; and the Finnish Meteorological Institute. Further information about Phoenix is online at http://www.nasa.gov/phoenix and http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu .
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