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Mars Phoenix Lander Briefing1 Mars Phoenix Lander Briefing - Entry Descent and Landing Overview http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html Tags: NASA Mars Phoenix Lander |
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Authors@Google: Christian Lander, "Stuff White People Like" Christian Lander visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions." This event took place on July 14, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. You know who they are: They're white people. And they're here, and you're gonna have to deal. Fortunately, here's a book that investigates, explains, and offers advice for finding social success with the Caucasian persuasion. So kick back on your IKEA couch and lose yourself in the ultimate guide to the unbearable whiteness of being. Christian Lander is the creator of the website Stuff White People Like. He is a Ph.D. dropout who was the 2006 public speaking instructor of the year at Indiana University. He has lived in Toronto, Montreal, Copenhagen, Tucson, Indiana, and now Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife, Jess, a photographer who contributed many of the photos in the book. Tags: Christian Lander Stuff White People Like Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions Authors@Google atgoogle |
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Phoenix Mars Lander: 7 minutes of Terror Entry Descent and Landing The Phoenix Entry Descent and Landing will be a real nail-biter for engineers on May 25, 2008. In order to survive, the Phoenix spacecraft must perform a series of challenging maneuvers correctly, before it lands on Mars. Tags: Mars Phoenix search for life astronomy space solar system |
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The Phoenix Mars Lander A new space explorer is waiting in the wings and ready to take center stage: the Mars lander called Phoenix. Phoenix's assignment is to dig through the Martian soil and ice in the arctic region and use its onboard scientific instruments to analyze the samples it retrieves. Mars is a cold desert planet with no liquid water on its surface. But in the Martian arctic, water ice lurks just below ground level. Discoveries made by the Mars Odyssey Orbiter in 2002 show large amounts of subsurface water ice in the northern arctic plain. The Phoenix lander targets this circumpolar region using a robotic arm to dig through the protective top soil layer to the water ice below and ultimately, to bring both soil and water ice to the lander platform for sophisticated scientific analysis. The complement of the Phoenix spacecraft and its scientific instruments are ideally suited to uncover clues to the geologic history and biological potential of the Martian arctic. Phoenix will be the first mission to return data from either polar region providing an important contribution to the overall Mars science strategy "Follow the Water" and will be instrumental in achieving the four science goals of NASA's long-term Mars Exploration Program. - Determine whether Life ever arose on Mars - Characterize the Climate of Mars - Characterize the Geology of Mars - Prepare for Human Exploration The Phoenix Mission has two bold objectives to support these goals, which are to (1) study the history of water in the Martian arctic and (2) search for evidence of a habitable zone and assess the biological potential of the ice-soil boundary. Aboard the deck of the Phoenix spacecraft are a suite of science instruments representing some of the most sophisticated and advanced technology ever sent to Mars. The Phoenix Mission inherits a highly capable spacecraft partially built for the Mars Surveyor Program 2001 and important lessons learned from the Mars Polar Lander. The spacecraft has several subsystems that are being updated, if necessary, with parts and software that will increase reliability. These subsystems include - command and data handling, controlling the spacecraft's computer processing - electrical power, consisting of solar panels, batteries, and associated converting circuits - telecommunications, ensuring flow of data to and from Earth - guidance, navigation, and control, assuring the spacecraft arrives safely at Mars - propulsion, controlling trajectory correction maneuvers during cruise and thrusters during landing - structure, providing the spacecraft framework and integrity - mechanisms, enabling the movement of several spacecraft components - thermal-control, using heat transfer to ensure proper temperature ranges on all parts of the spacecraft. Launch Vehicle: Delta II Launch Location: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 17-A Launch Date: Aug. 3, 2007 Launch Time: 5:35:18 a.m. EDT The Delta II is designed to boost medium-sized satellites and robotic explorers into space. NASA selected a model 7925 for this mission, which is a three-stage rocket equipped with nine strap-on solid rocket boosters and a 10-foot payload fairing that will protect the spacecraft during launch. Tags: Phoenix Mars Lander NASA |
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C64 Longplay - Jupiter Lander an c64 ingame video from the game "Jupiter Lander" The video is downloadable here http://www.archive.org/details/C64Gamevideoarchive001-JupiterLander Tags: c64 longplay jupiter lander ingame video commodore 64 |
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Mars Lander Activities Slightly Delayed TechnologyMars Lander Activities Slightly DelayedMars Lander Activities Slightly DelayedThe Associated PressNASA officials say plans for the Phoenix Mars Lander's second day of activities on Mars have been delayed. (May 27)NASA showed off new images taken from the Phoenix Mars Lander, but space administration officials say they had to delay activities planned for Tuesday. NASA says a communications radio in spacecraft orbiting Mars shut itself off. That has temporarily cut off communications between earth and the lander.(SOT: FUK LI/NASA)(14:02;22) PHOENIX IS HEALTHY. EVERYTHING IS FINE. Officials expect the radio to come back on without any problems. The communications glitch has forced NASA to put off deployment of the lander's robotic arm until, at least, Wednesday. NASA did unveil new photos of the eight-foot arm. They say it's in good shape and looks just like it did when they last saw it on earth. Among the new photos released, more detailed images of where Phoenix put down.(SOT: PETER SMITH)(14:17:40) ALL OF THIS IS PRIME DIGGING AREA. YOU SEE SOME STREAKS THAT PROBABLY CAME FROM THE THRUSTERS AS WE CAME DOWN TO THE SURFACE. One image shows Phoenix with its striking blue solar arrays deployed.(PETER SMITH)(14:18;11) THIS IS A PLACE WE'RE GOING TO GET TO KNOW VERY WELL OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. Phoenix landed closer to the planet's north pole than any other spacecraft. It will explore the history of the water in the ice that's believed to be under the soil. It will also look for carbon-bearing compounds. Carbon is a fundamental element for life.(SOT: PETER SMITH/UNIVERSITY OF ARIZON)(14;20:52) WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE MAKING SUCH GOOD PROGRESS. IT'S ONLY BEEN A DAY AND A HALF SINCE WE'VE LANDED. 59 WE'RE ALREADY GETTING A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT THE SPACE IS AROUND OUR LANDER.Phoenix will use it's robotic arm to scoop up soils and rock for analysis. A camera on the arm will provide close up color images of the soil and ice. ___ ___, The Associated Press. Tags: phoenix mars lander activities slightly delayed |
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NASA: Phoenix Mars Lander - Mai 2008 Hitec Gibt es Leben auf dem Mars? Der Mars Lander legt eine 300 tägige Reise auf den Planeten Mars zurück um im Mai 2008 dort zu landen. Tags: Hitec NASA Phoenix Mars Lander Mai 2008 Gibt es Leben auf dem 300 tägige Reise Planet |
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Winter lander!! AAA Black & White-12th single Tags: TripleA J-pop |
User: mars2057 |
Mars Phoenix Lander Mars Phoenix Lander Briefing - Entry Descent and Landing Overview http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html Tags: NASA Mars Phoenix Lander |
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Mars Phoenix Lander - Anomalous Object An image released on May 25, 2008, from the Mars Phoenix Lander, shows a seemingly anomalous object on the surface of the planet. It is white and of an unknown size. This is from one of the first pictures released after the Phoenix Lander touched down on the planet. The lander landed near the arctic pole of Mars to investigate the conditions for life on the planet; past or present. The original image may be downloaded here: http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images/gallery/lg_440.jpg I encourage you to INVESTIGATE, MANIPULATE, and OBSERVE. Download the image and check it out, and judge for yourself! Tags: mars phoenix lander object structure surface alien extraterrestrial ufo city cydonia red planet anomaly viking hoagland |
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NASA Phoenix Lander - First Raw Images From Mars NASA's "Phoenix" lander successfully touched down on the surface of Mars on the evening of May 25, 2008. It touched down on the Red planet's Northern hemisphere near its North Pole in the first ever successful landing of a probe on Mars' North Pole. The landing -- dubbed the "seven minutes of terror" -- was a nerve-wracking experience for mission managers, who have witnessed the failure of similar missions. In mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, they celebrated the lander's much-anticipated entry. The twin to the Mars Polar Lander spacecraft, Phoenix was supposed to travel to Mars in 2001 as the Mars Surveyor spacecraft. They were originally part of the "better, faster, cheaper" program, formulated by then-NASA Administrator Dan Goldin to beef up planetary exploration on a lean budget. But Polar malfunctioned during its descent into Mars' atmosphere in 1999 and crashed. An investigation concluded that as many as a dozen design flaws or malfunctions doomed the spacecraft. The failure of that mission, as well as another spacecraft called the Mars Climate Orbiter the same year, led to NASA to put future missions on hold and rethink the "better, faster, cheaper" approach. Mars Surveyor went to the warehouse. Phoenix marks the first time a probe has successfully landed on the surface of Mars since the Viking landers of 1976. The Phoenix's 90-day mission is to analyze the soils and permafrost of Mars' arctic tundra for signs of past or present life. The lander is equipped with a robotic arm capable of scooping up ice and dirt to look for organic evidence that life once existed there, or even exists now. Tags: nasa mars phoenix lander space spacecraft probe raw images life alien |
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Mars Phoenix Lander Anim-Realtime --NASA Recap Mars Phoenix Landing Realtime + Animation Nice cut scenes between animation and realtime instrumentation and control Phoenix is AOK! First Pictures (& Color) are in. Solar Panels Charging. Bio-Barrier looks OK. http://memosphere.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/rise-of-the-machines/ Tags: Phoenix Landing Realtime Animation --NASA JPL Arizona Recap Science Space Lander Simulation news commentary analysis |
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Phoenix Mars Lander Nasa's Phoenix Mars Lander continues on course for its May 25th arrival at Mars. Tags: Phoenix Mars Lander Nasa Probe Space |
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Phoenix Mars Lander: Entry Descent and Landing May 25, 2008 It will be a real nail-biter on May 25, 2008, for engineers, as the Phoenix spacecraft performs a series of challenging maneuvers right before it lands on Mars. http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/video/challenges_getting_to_Mars_Phoenix.html Tags: testing |
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JPL Phoenix Lander shorts NOTE:- Click 'watch in high quality'. 4 short video clips by JPL regarding the recent Pheonix landing on Mars (some of the quality has been reduced due to being uploaded to YouTube so I recommend you download from the source). Date- 26th Mars 08. Source- http://www-a.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/ 0:00- Phoenix's Position on Mars This animation shows an orbital view sweeping upward from Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system, to the location of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in the northern polar reaches of Mars. The animation then zooms in on the flat terrain where Phoenix touched down May 25, 2008. Phoenix eased down to the surface of Mars at approximately 68 degrees north latitude, 234 degrees east longitude, landing in the center of the red circle at the end of the animation. Before Phoenix landed, engineers had predicted it would land within the blue ellipse. Phoenix touched down on the Red Planet at 4:53 p.m. Pacific Time (7:53 p.m. Eastern Time), May 25, 2008, in an arctic region called Vastitas Borealis. The shaded relief map is based on data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter. 0:24- How Phoenix Gets a Look at its Footing This artist's animation shows how NASA's three-legged Phoenix Mars Lander is able to get a better look at its footing and the physical characteristics of the underlying soil on the surface of the Red Planet. Because the Surface Stereo Imager is able to swivel in any compass direction as well as up and down, it can "see" and take snapshots of the footpad beneath the camera's location near one edge of the spacecraft deck. Each footpad is about the size of a large dinner plate, measuring 11.5 inches from rim to rim. The base of the footpad is shaped like the bottom of a shallow bowl to provide stability. The footpad image was taken by the spacecraft's Surface Stereo Imager at 17:07 local Mars time, shortly after landing May 25, 2008. 0:36- How Phoenix Talks to Earth This animation shows how NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander stays in contact with Earth. As NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter passes overhead approximately every two hours, Phoenix transmits images and scientific data from the surface to the orbiter, which then relays the data to NASA's Deep Space Network of antennas on Earth. Similarly, NASA's Deep Space Network transmits instructions from Earth to Odyssey, which then relays the information to Phoenix. 1:16- Looking out Across the Martian Polar Plains This movie shows the vast plains of the northern polar region of Mars, as seen by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shortly after touching down on the Red Planet. The flat landscape is strewn with tiny pebbles and shows polygonal cracking, a pattern seen widely in Martian high latitudes and also observed in permafrost terrains on Earth. The polygonal cracking is believed to have resulted from seasonal freezing and thawing of surface ice. This is an approximate-color image taken by the spacecraft's Surface Stereo Imager, inferred from two color filters, a violet, 450-nanometer filter and an infrared, 750-nanometer filter. 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. Tags: mars phoenix lander |
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Mars Polar Lander Animation showing the landing of the Mars Polar Lander probe on Mars. Tags: Mars JPL aerospace space rocket planet UFO spaceship martian desert |
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Mars Phoenix Lander Briefing4 Mars Phoenix Lander Briefing - Entry Descent and Landing Overview http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html Tags: NASA Mars Phoenix Lander |
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Mars Phoenix Lander In Second Life Today I went to the NASA JPL Sim called Explorer Island to see their Mars Phoenix Lander Set up. Is cool! Tags: Secondlife Machinima Mars NASA Phoenix Lander JPL |
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Mars Lander Glitch!? gnooze 5-28-08 Diplomats might have to be "volunteered" to head to the war zones, the Mars Lander is delayed by a minor glitch and obesity levels for American kids have stopped rising...maybe. Marta Costello hosts the gnooze [(kinda) (the g is silent)] - today's top stories in about 3 minutes. Bloopers, t shirts and more at http://gnooze.com ! Music by Pistol Youth: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=19522968720 and Special Thanks to Lettuce for the t-shirt/logo design - http://www.lettuceoffice.com Tags: gnooze news comedy funny diplomat iraq condoleezza rice mars nasa lander glitch obese obesity kids america study fruit |
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Phoenix Mars Lander: Cruise Phase The word "cruise" implies that this is an easy phase of the mission, however nothing could be further from the truth. See just how much work it takes to get the Phoenix Mars Lander to its proper destination on Mars while it travels at 60,000 miles per hour! Tags: Mars Cruise Phoenix Nasa lender Planets Space Universe Galaxy BBC documentry Science Astronomy |
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Phoenix Mars Lander:May 25 landing http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080410.html Phoenix Mars Lander:May 25 landing Tags: NASA Mars Phoenix Lander CG |
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Mars Phoenix Lander - Anomalous Object #2 SOL1 282230801 - 15:11:49 Sol 1 - 5/26/08 An image released on May 26, 2008, from the Mars Phoenix Lander, shows a second possible anomalous object on the surface of the planet. It is white and of an unknown size, but appears to be larger or closer than the first object. This image was taken on May 26, 2008, at an unknown azimuth (bearing/degree) and elevation, with an incredibly low resolution. It is unclear why such a low resolution image was released (512px) when the camera is capable of taking much better shots. The lander landed near the arctic pole of Mars to investigate the conditions for life on the planet; past or present. The original image may be downloaded here: http://fawkes3.lpl.arizona.edu/images/gallery/lg_509.jpg I encourage you to INVESTIGATE, MANIPULATE, and OBSERVE. Download the image and check it out, and judge for yourself! Tags: mars phoenix lander object structure surface alien extraterrestrial ufo city cydonia red planet anomaly viking hoagland |
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Phoenix Mars Lander The Phoenix Mars Lander will touch down on the Red Planet on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 7:53 p.m. Eastern. This will be a proud moment for Canadians, since it will mark the first time Canada is part of an international mission to land on the surface of another planet. Tags: phoenix mars space robotic red planet Canadian explore martian water ice |
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AWESOME NASA Phoenix Mars Lander HD Animation Here's an animation sequence of the Phoenix Polar Lander, which landed on Mars Sunday, 5/25 at approx. 6:53 CST (12:53 GMT). Incredible stuff! Tags: Mars Phoenix Lander NASA Spirit Opportunity red planet space rocket aviation electronics environment |
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Deimos Lander Wii Think you're ready for the ultimate Lunar Lander experience? Then head on over to WiiCade and try out this awesome port of the classic Atari 2600 homebrew, Deimos Lander! Only for the Nintendo Wii. Play It: http://www.wiicade.com/gameDetail.aspx?gameID=692 Tags: wii wiicade wiimote wiiremote lunar lander lunarlander deimos deimoslander nintendo atari 2600 arcade game videogame |