The Phoenix Mission was the first Scout class mission. It consisted of a single lander with associated instrumentation. Phoenix was launched on August 4, 2007 and landed on the northern plains of Mars (68.22 degrees N, 234.25 degrees East Areocentric) on May 25, 2008. The Lander operated until November 2, 2008, performing on the Martian surface for 152 sols (sols are Martian days, 1 sol equaling 24.66 hours). The Surface Phase constituted the primary and extended missions, and focused on testing the hypothesis that water ice exists beneath a thin soil cover, evaluating evidence for habitability zones, and monitoring weather during the northern summer. Hence, inferring the presence of water and its interaction with the Martian soil was of crucial importance.

PHOENIX

PDS Image Atlas

Explore planetary data from NASA Mars and lunar landed missions

Analyst's Notebook

Text-based and an interactive map-based search interface for finding and downloading desired orbital observations

Orbital Data Explorer

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE EXPERIMENT for PHX

METEOROLOGY SUITE, LIDAR for PHX

MECA ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE for PHX

MECA COMMON ELECTRONICS for PHX

MECA THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PROBE for PHX

MECA WET CHEMISTRY LABORATORY for PHX

METEOROLOGY SUITE, PRESSURE & TEMPERATURE for PHX

MECA OPTICAL MICROSCOPE for PHX

ROBOTIC ARM for PHX

ROBOTIC ARM CAMERA for PHX

SURFACE STEREO IMAGER for PHX

THERMAL EVOLVED GAS ANALYZER for PHX

TELLTALE for PHX

NAIF ID 499

Mars

Science
Accelerometer	Phoenix Atmospheric Structure Experiment
Anemometer	Phoenix Telltale Wind Experiment
Conductivity Probe	Phoenix MECA Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe
Imager	Phoenix MECA Atomic Force Microscope Phoenix MECA Optical Microscope Phoenix Surface Stereo Imager
Laser Transceiver	Phoenix Meteorology Suite - Lidar
Mass Spectrometer	Phoenix Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer
Sensor Package	Phoenix MECA Wet Chemistry Laboratory Phoenix Meteorology Suite, Pressure & Temperature
Support
Imager	Phoenix Robotic Arm Camera
Robotic Arm	Phoenix Robotic Arm
Spacecraft Monitor	Phoenix MECA Common Electronics

Instrument Data for Phoenix

Observational data from the mission instruments

Science

Accelerometer

Anemometer

Conductivity Probe

Imager

Laser Transceiver

Mass Spectrometer

Sensor Package

Support

Imager

Robotic Arm

Spacecraft Monitor