"Phoenix Mars Lander" has landed - Intact w/ 1/4 (000.25) degree tilt - impressive

Mars Phoenix Lander Update -- 12:00 AM EDT, May 26 
 To be honest you'd never find a better day for a bunch of grown ups living moments of their wildest dreams in youth while coming true before their eyes. Everyone seem to get that overwhelming feeling as the lander never lost communication ("UHF Signal) through what was deemed the 7 minutes of terror and resulting in a great landing.   Phoenix has landed, Phoenix has landed It only has a 000.25 degree lose, which is very impressive. Those words seemed to create a relief, released in unity through out the world. 423 Million Miles traveled to reach Mars is one thing to get to the surface is another altogether. Keep in mind there is a 15 minute signal gap between mars and the planet Earth, if something or anythings starts happening - you have to just accept the results. Its a scary window of time for Nasa, Scientist and others involved in any project of this type, fears. Every fear from labor, time, materials, money and among other things the lander or craft is done, gone, just plain gone and it has happen like this before on mars landers and crafts sent to mars - Past landings results on mars Here. Before yesterday those results were 55% of a failed land and now mars has a 50/50 percent chance. Which is important, with a cost of $420 Million invested this day was an impressive result of team work of everyone. As the  assessment started coming in to NASA, it was like everyone did what was asked of them and beyond resulting in "1 part in 10 million in accuracy & precision" stated Mike Griffin of NASA. The next few days will be for Testing of equipment and landers ability to adjust & Learn a 3D image that it needs to create of the landscape and terrain before it can do any thing that it was sent to do on mars.  The Phoenix Mars Lander is in the hands University of Arizona, Tucson who help create, design the lander. Launched August 04th 2007 the phoenix has made it to it new home Mars safe. Images are on NASA, JPL and U of A Tucson website for more information - the lander has taken some photos of parts of the landscape and itself and will continue taking photos, digging below the surface and taking samples, Testing and send results back to Earth for the next 90 days and possible beyond... Currently Mars has 3 Landers on the surface and (?) Satellites orbiting the planet at this time. 
Mars Phoenix Lander Update -- 11:04 pm EDT, May 25
 JPL (Jet Propulsion laboratory) Has started to release photos from Phoenix mars lander camera. View JPL Phoenix Mars lander page for images. 

Mars Phoenix Lander Update -- 8:46 pm EDT, May 25
 At 7:53 PM EST The mars lander - "Phoenix Mission" had successfully landed on the surface of mars. Once landed it was stated "Phoenix Landed was with a 0000.25 degree tilt" (up right and level) and was intact. The "UHF" signal remained through out the entry without complete  loss of signal. The Shielding for peak heating rate protected the Phoenix craft as designed for entry and the ability to sustain 9 G's in force (Acceleration of gravity force). So far everything is going as planned by Scientist at U of A Tucson, Arizona and NASA. Phoenix will go through the testing phase of its self and start deploying the solar sails (fuel - power), Then a camera to check it's physical self then the landscape :-) "New Photos will be forth coming within the next 30 to 45 mins. (see above update)  

Mars Phoenix Lander Update -- 6:00 pm EDT, May 25
- The Mars Phoenix Lander is on the home stretch to landing on the Red Planet's surface, with just 86,700 miles to go.
-Phoenix will touch down on Mars at about 4:38 pm PDT. The earliestpossible confirmation of its landing could reach Earth 15 minutes later-- the length of time it takes for a signal to travel from Mars toEarth today.
Latest release: May 25, 3:15 p.m.
We will post updates during the landing event. Please update your browser frequently.
›  Landing coverage begins: 6:30 p.m. Eastern, NASA TV on the Web

On the Phoenix Blog: Landing Day
05.25.08-- With a day left before entry, descent, and landing, Phoenix is ingood health, and today teams are focusing on whether we need a finaltrajectory correction maneuver tonight.
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Phoenix on NASA TV
May 25, NASA TV coverage begins 6:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. Pacific)
May 25, First possible landing confirmation 7:53 p.m. (4:53 p.m. Pacific)
›  NASA TV on the Web
›  Schedule of landing events
›  Landing Press Kit (3Mb)

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