Phoenix
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| Launch: 4 August 2007 | Landed: 25 May 2008 | Status: Last communication received 2 November 2008 |
NEWS
(3) May 2008: Phoenix landed on 25 May 2008. As planned in shortly after launch in 2007, the MARDI was not operated during EDL. The MARDI Payload Element Lead, Michael Malin, is participating in the science team’s surface operation activities.
(2) November 2007: Phoenix MARDI will not be turned on during the spacecraft's descent to the Martian surface. There will be no data, from either the camera or the microphone, returned from the Phoenix MARDI. For further details, please see: Mars Descent Imager Update, Phoenix and MSL MARDI.
(1) July 2007: NASA decided that the Phoenix MARDI will only acquire 1 image during its descent. The microphone will not be used. Please see: One Image Planned During Descent of Phoenix.
 The Phoenix Mars Descent Imager (MARDI), with pocket knife for scale. The MARDI was originally built for the cancelled 2001 Mars Surveyor Lander. |
 MARDI includes a microphone to record the sounds of Phoenix's descent to the Martian surface. |
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