NASA was successful in landing their Pheonix Mars lander last night. The arctic plains "show a flat terrain marked by a polygonal pattern of shallow troughs and a few pebbles scattered about." cool!
Form CNN: NASA braces for '7 minutes of terror' on Mars Seven minutes. After years of planning and nine months of space travel, seven minutes is all it takes to make or break a Mars landing. That's the amount of time it takes an orbiting spacecraft to hit the Martian atmosphere, brake, and hit the ground. Mission scientists call it "seven minutes of terror."
Newest Clips
see Newest Clips
2
Latest Pops
Latest Comments
Most Pops
Tags
Print
Save
Turn on live update