Coming up, from the
Phoenix landing events schedule (times PDT, Earth-receive time):
-- Propulsion system pressurization, 4:16 p.m.
-- Begin "bent-pipe" relay relay (continuous transmission of Phoenix data as it is received) through NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft to Goldstone, Calif., Deep Space Network station, 4:38 p.m.
Landing time (approximate):
Sunday, May 25, 1638 PDT
Sunday, May 25, 1938 EDT
Sunday, May 25, 2338 UTC
Landing time (approximate Earth-receive time):
Sunday, May 25, 1653 PDT
Sunday, May 25, 1953 EDT
Sunday, May 25, 2353 UTC
45 minutes to landing on Mars
1 hour to knowing about landing, Earth-receive time