NASA - Phoenix Makes a Grand Entrance
NASA - Phoenix Makes a Grand Entrance: NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander can be seen parachuting down to Mars, in this image captured by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. This is the first time that a spacecraft has imaged the final descent of another spacecraft onto a planetary body.
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May 26th, 2008 in
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