美国火星探测器（Mars probe）.doc

美国火星探测器（Mars probe） The Phoenix Mars Lander landing on Mars in 2008 05 months 26 days According to the United States space network reported that after more than 10 months, travel 422 million miles (about 679 million km) after a long flight, NASAs Phoenix Mars lander will EDT at 19:53 on May 25th (Beijing time 7:53 on May 26th) through the atmosphere of Mars, near the north pole of Mars landing. NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena Phoenix deputy chief scientist Deborah Bass (Deborah Bass) said: we have been working hard from beginning to end. Here we are filled with an atmosphere of cautious optimism. According to the plan, Phoenix will fire in a polar plains called gas Tasmania Bolelli pedicle (Vastitas Borealis), the landing area, then, will be through a mechanical arm to tap water ice, to determine whether to have supported primitive life conditions. NASAs Phoenix mission team in the U.S. Eastern time on May 22nd at 2:30 in the afternoon (Greenwich time 18:30) started the intense work, first held a series of ventilation, to urgently want to get the latest information about the Phoenix News reporters informed the landing. During the Phoenix trip to Mars, because the red planet and earth 171 million miles (about 275 million kilometers), phoenix, every time the information sent to every 15 to 20 minutes to arrive at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory mission control center. In the bath for space network in an interview said: we are working around the clock, because the Phoenix will be landing on Mars. He said that the phoenix task force now should be to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the University of Arizona and the first task of the control center, ready to meet the challenge of, it will definitely be a tremble experience. Phoenix is from NASAs ill fated Mars Polar Lander crashed in 1999 since the first attempt to force on the surface of Mars spacecraft landing on mars. In 2004, NASAs opportunity and spirit twin detector has successfully landing on Mars, but