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First TEGA Oven is Ready to Accept a Sample
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Caption:
The Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer instrument has been checked out and has been approved to accept the sample from the location informally called "Baby Bear". Although the doors did not fully open, tests have shown that enough sample will get in to fill the tiny oven. This image was taken on the eighth day of the Mars mission, or Sol 8 (June 2, 2008) by the Robotic Arm Camera aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
Background Info:
The Phoenix Mission is led by the University of Arizona, Tucson, on behalf of NASA. Project management of the mission is by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Spacecraft development is by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver.
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 | Phoenix | |
| Instrument Host | Phoenix Lander | Phoenix Mars Lander |
| Host Type | Lander | |
| Instrument | Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) | Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA) |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Grayscale, Thermal | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2008-06-04 | |
| Date in Caption | 2008-06-02 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Max Planck Institute | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10769 | |
| Identifier | PIA10769 | |
