HOME NEWS MULTIMEDIA Tools: + Join e-mail list Get JPL News + Free Public E-mail + Media E-mail List   Search Articles   MISSION NEWS & FEATURES     Destination Mars: Entry, Descent and Landing 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. + Play video (May 16)         Closing in on Mars Engineers are considering a maneuver that would nudge the flight path of Phoenix toward a targeted landing spot 18 kilometers to the northwest, with the goal of hitting the center of the certified landing zone. + Read more (May 16)         NASA Briefings and TV Coverage Schedule for Phoenix Mars Landing NASA news briefings, live commentary and updates before and after the scheduled Sunday, May 25 arrival of the agency's Phoenix Mars Lander will be available on NASA Television and on the Web. + Read more (May 16)         Phoenix Landing Events Schedule This is a list of events during and around the Phoenix landing on Mars. + Read more (May 14)         NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. + Read more (May 13)         Phoenix Flying True Enough to Skip One Scheduled Adjustment NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander continues on course for its May 25 arrival at Mars. + Read more (May 09)         Intense Testing Paved Phoenix Road to Mars When NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander descends to the surface of the Red Planet on May 25, few will be watching as closely as those who have spent years planning, analyzing and conducting tests to prepare for the dramatic and nerve-wracking event. + View feature (May 09)         Mars Orbiter Eyes Dust Devils at Phoenix Landing Site NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured an image of dust devils -- swirling dust storms -- near the landing site for the Mars Phoenix lander on the northern Martian plains. + Read more (May 06)         NASA Spacecraft Fine Tunes Course for Mars Landing NASA engineers have adjusted the flight path of the Phoenix Mars Lander, setting the spacecraft on course for its May 25 landing on the Red Planet. + View release (April 10)         Spacecraft at Mars Prepare to Welcome New Kid on the Block 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. + View release (February 28)         Phoenix: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. + View release (October 30)         Mars-Bound Phoenix Returns First Photo from Trip NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft, launched Aug. 4, is testing its hardware and software as it flies to Mars. A camera mounted on the craft's robotic arm took this test photo showing the scoop at the end of the arm, verifying that the camera works. + Read more (September 07)         Phoenix Mars Lander Status Report: Radar and Other Gear Pass Checkouts Two crucial tools for a successful landing of America's latest mission to Mars, the radar and UHF radio on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, have passed in-flight checkouts. + View release (September 04)         NASA's Mars-Bound Phoenix Adjusts Course Successfully NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander today accomplished the first and largest of six course corrections planned during the spacecraft's flight from Earth to Mars. + View release (August 10)         NASA Spacecraft Heads for Polar Region of Mars NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission blasted off Saturday, aiming for a May 25, 2008, arrival at the Red Planet and a close-up examination of the surface of the northern polar region. + View release (August 04)         Next Departure for Mars Stands Ready to Fly A NASA robotic explorer equipped to dig up and analyze icy soil on Mars sits atop a 13-story tall stack of rocket engines prepared for liftoff before sunup on Saturday. + View release (August 02)         NASA Postpones Phoenix Launch Friday's launch of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has been postponed 24 hours. + View release (July 31)         NASA Readies Mars Lander for August Launch to Icy Site NASA's next Mars mission will look beneath a frigid arctic landscape for conditions favorable to past or present life. + View release (July 09)         NASA's Next Mars Spacecraft Crosses the Mississippi A U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft carried NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft Monday, May 7, from Colorado to Florida, where Phoenix will start a much longer trip in August. + View release (May 08)         Act Soon to Send Your Name to Mars NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander will carry a DVD with names of people from around the world. About 200,000 names have been enrolled so far, and the deadline to get your name on board is Feb. 12. Phoenix will launch in August 2007 and reach Mars in May 2008. + Sign up to send your name (February 05)         Pieces of NASA's Next Mars Mission are Coming Together NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, the next mission to the surface of Mars, is beginning a new phase in preparation for a launch in August 2007. + View release (April 26)              + Freedom of Information Act     Site Manager: Susan Watanabe Webmasters: Tony Greicius, Martin Perez