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Seven minutes before NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander enters the Martian atmosphere, it will jettison the cruise stage hardware that it relied on during the long flight from Earth.
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Cruise Stage Separation

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Seven minutes before NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander enters the Martian atmosphere, it will jettison the cruise stage hardware that it relied on during the long flight from Earth.

This illustration is part of the animation featured above.

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.

Image details

ID#:
PIA10660

Date added:
2008-05-22

Mission:
Phoenix

Spacecraft:
Phoenix Lander

Size:
1280 x 720 pixels (width x height)

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Full-Res TIFF:
PIA10660.tif (2.77 MB)

Full-Res JPG:
PIA10660.jpg (0.06 MB)

Image credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona