Phoenix

Phoenix

NASA/JPL · Aerospace · 2008

Polar Mars lander equipped with a 2.35 m robotic arm capable of digging trenches to access subsurface water ice. Confirmed the presence of water ice on Mars and detected perchlorates in the soil. Built on Mars Surveyor 2001 spare hardware. Operated for 157 sols (5 months) at 68°N latitude before the Martian winter ended its mission.

CategoryAerospace
StatusActive
Year2008
OriginUSA
Height2200 mm
Weight350 kg
Payload0.5 kg
Degrees of freedom4
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