Uploaded August 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Phoenix was launched on August 4, 2007 by a Delta II rocket. Phoenix was a robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars under the Mars Scout Program. The Phoenix lander descended on Mars on May 25, 2008. Mission scientists used instruments aboard the lander to search for environments suitable for microbial life on Mars, and to research the history of water there.
This is a animation of the transpired events.
Phoenix was launched on August 4, 2007 by a Delta II rocket. Phoenix was a robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars under the Mars Scout Program. The Phoenix lander descended on Mars on May 25, 2008. Mission scientists used instruments aboard the lander to search for environments suitable for microbial life on Mars, and to research the history of water there.
This is a animation of the transpired events.
