How to Explore the North Pole of Mars on May 25

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On May 25, 2008, the Phoenix Mars Lander will touch down on the Maritan surface at its North Pole landing site. The touchdown comes after travelling through space for almost a year enroute to the Red Planet. Here's how to follow along with this exciting mission as scientists from Earth pay an interplanetary visit to a neighboring world.

By: David Sarokin

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Phoenix Mars Lander Take a look at the main Phoenix Mars Lander website created by NASA/JPL (see resource links, below). You'll learn about the key goals of the mission, and find a countdown-to-landing timer
Step2
Touchdown Explore the FAQs to find out key features of the mission, like the difference between a Mars rover and a Mars lander.
Step3
Mission badge There are plenty of other information resources hoted by NASA, JPL and the California Institute of Technology (Cal-Tech). Make sure to see the resource links, directly below.

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flatbush said

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on 5/20/2008 That's exciting. Hope it makes it OK.

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on 5/19/2008 Cool! 5 stars :)

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on 5/19/2008 Cool!

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on 5/17/2008 What an interesting article! 5 stars!

amylaine said

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on 4/19/2008 Very cool, great article.

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