Phoenix – the first Mars Scout Mission

Goldstein, Barry; Shotwell, Robert

dc.contributor.author	Goldstein, Barry
dc.contributor.author	Shotwell, Robert
dc.date.accessioned	2009-10-26T20:01:48Z
dc.date.available	2009-10-26T20:01:48Z
dc.date.issued	2008-03-03
dc.identifier.citation	IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky Montana, March 3, 2008.	en_US
dc.identifier.clearanceno	08-0233
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/41457
dc.description.abstract	As the first of the new Mars Scouts missions, the Phoenix project was selected by NASA in August of 2003. Four years later, almost to the day, Phoenix was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Station and successfully injected into an interplanetary trajectory on its way to Mars. This paper will highlight some of the key changes since the 2006 IEEE paper of the same name, as well as activities, challenges and problems encountered on the way to the launch pad...	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	NASA/JPL	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2008.	en_US
dc.subject	polar climate	en_US
dc.subject	aqueous mineralogy	en_US
dc.subject	Mars exploration	en_US
dc.title	Phoenix – the first Mars Scout Mission	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US