PIA09944: Far-Northern Destination for Phoenix Mars Lander


Far-Northern Destination for Phoenix Mars Lander

Caption:

The planned landing site for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander lies at a latitude on Mars equivalent to northern Alaska on Earth. It is within the region designated "D" on this global image.

This is an orthographic projection with color-coded elevation contours and shaded relief based on data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter. Total vertical relief is about 28 kilometers (17 miles) from the top of the highest volcano (red) to the northern lowlands (blue). North pole is where the longitude lines converge.

Background Info:

Photojournal Note: As planned, the Phoenix lander, which landed May 25, 2008 23:53 UTC, ended communications in November 2008, about six months after landing, when its solar panels ceased operating in the dark Martian winter.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Phoenix
Instrument Host Mars Global Surveyor Phoenix Lander
Host Type Orbiter Lander
Instrument Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Volcano
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2007-08-02
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/Washington Univ. St. Louis/Univ. of Arizona
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA09944
Identifier PIA09944