|
Robotic Arm Camera Image of the South Side of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (Door TA4 receiving sample)
- Click the image above for a larger view
- Full-Res JPEG (512 x 256) (18.8 kB)
- Full-Res TIFF (512 x 256) (131.4 kB)
Caption:
The Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) instrument aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is shown with one set of oven doors open and dirt from a sample delivery. After the "seventh shake" of TEGA, a portion of the dirt sample entered the oven via a screen for analysis. This image was taken by the Robotic Arm Camera on Sol 18 (June 13, 2008), or 18th Martian day of the mission.
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 | 2008-06-13 | |
| Date in Caption | 2008-06-13 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Max Planck Institute | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10900 | |
| Identifier | PIA10900 | |
