18-May-2008, 12:36 AM
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Order of Kilopi
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8 days to landing
NASA Phoenix mission news: Closing in on Mars
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Engineers are considering a maneuver that would nudge the flight path of Phoenix toward a targeted landing spot 18 kilometers to the northwest, with the goal of hitting the center of the certified landing zone. A final decision on the trajectory maneuver will be made Saturday afternoon, with execution at 9:00 pm PDT.
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Landing time (approximate):
Sunday, May 25, 1636 PDT
Sunday, May 25, 1936 EDT
Sunday, May 25, 2336 UTC
8 days to landing
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Edit: Just found this: Mars Phoenix Twitter Feed. Sample:
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Trajectory maneuver completed! Engines fired for 3 seconds to nudge course to landing site. All spacecraft subsystems are nominal. about 20 hours ago from web
8 days & 7 million miles to go until landing on May 25. Engine burn to tweak course tonite at 9pm PDT. 413 million miles traveled so far. 11:16 AM May 17, 2008 from web
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Last edited by 01101001; 19-May-2008 at 02:32 AM..
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