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While most spacecraft are designed and built from scratch for one particular mission, the Phoenix Lander was pieced together from previous missions and rose from the ashes...all the way to Mars.
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Sources:
nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080508.html
solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mars-polar-lander-deep-space-2/in-depth
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=MS2001L
astrobiology.nasa.gov/missions/phoenix
nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/fy23_nasa_budget_request_summary.pdf
nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_Spacecraft_Classification.html
solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/phoenix/in-depth
aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2012/august/flight-training-magazine/weather
Images:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illustration_of_Orion_and_the_European_Service_Module_(32007138711).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_Mars_Lander,_side_view.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_landing.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_Surveyor_2001_lander_with_Marie_Curie_rover_(cropped).jpg
solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mars-polar-lander-deep-space-2/in-depth
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA13804-MarsPhoenixLander-Panorama-20080525b.jpg
nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/multimedia/radar-20080508.html
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radar_Altimetry2.jpg
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/eagle-fighter-plane-at-sunset-royalty-free-image/1176850442?adppopup=true
jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia10663-phoenix-extends-its-legs
solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2325/phoenix-lander-descending-to-mars
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_Twilight.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Mars_Rover.jpg
solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/phoenix/in-depth
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ph%C5%93nix_lander_at_the_northern_arctic_circle_of_Mars.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Mars_Rovers_Sizes.jpg
While most spacecraft are designed and built from scratch for one particular mission, the Phoenix Lander was pieced together from previous missions and rose from the ashes...all the way to Mars.
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Sources:
nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080508.html
solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mars-polar-lander-deep-space-2/in-depth
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=MS2001L
astrobiology.nasa.gov/missions/phoenix
nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/fy23_nasa_budget_request_summary.pdf
nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_Spacecraft_Classification.html
solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/phoenix/in-depth
aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2012/august/flight-training-magazine/weather
Images:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illustration_of_Orion_and_the_European_Service_Module_(32007138711).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_Mars_Lander,_side_view.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_landing.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_Surveyor_2001_lander_with_Marie_Curie_rover_(cropped).jpg
solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mars-polar-lander-deep-space-2/in-depth
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA13804-MarsPhoenixLander-Panorama-20080525b.jpg
nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/multimedia/radar-20080508.html
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radar_Altimetry2.jpg
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/eagle-fighter-plane-at-sunset-royalty-free-image/1176850442?adppopup=true
jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia10663-phoenix-extends-its-legs
solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2325/phoenix-lander-descending-to-mars
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_Twilight.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Mars_Rover.jpg
solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/phoenix/in-depth
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ph%C5%93nix_lander_at_the_northern_arctic_circle_of_Mars.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Mars_Rovers_Sizes.jpg
![The Legendary Arecibo Radiotelescope
All telescopes work by gathering light from the stars, but one held the crown for square footage for collecting that light for 53 years. The amazing Arecibo.
Hosted By: Reid Reimers
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[Sources]
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~sstanimi/Students/daltschuler_2.pdf
https://www.naic.edu/ao/telescope-description
https://www.science.org/news/2021/01/how-famed-arecibo-telescope-fell-and-how-it-might-rise-again
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ASPC...75...90G/abstract
https://www.darpa.mil/about-us/timeline/arecibo-observatory
https://www.naic.edu/ao/ngat
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/05/the-collapse-of-puerto-ricos-iconic-telescope
https://www.naic.edu/~pradar/radarpage.html
https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/arecibo/Arecibo_Fact_Sheet_11_20.pdf
IMAGES
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/looking-for-the-stars-gm825925112-134424765
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arecibo_radio_telescope_SJU_06_2019_6144.jpg
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1127/10-things-to-know-about-the-ionosphere/
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/puerto-rico-political-map-gm470547658-62568224
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arecibo_Radiotelescopio_Panamorama_SJU_06_2019_7446.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arecibo_Observatory_Aerial.jpg
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/venus-magellan-and-arecibo-comparison
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercury_in_true_color.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssHkMWcGat4&ab_channel=NationalScienceFoundation
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/satellite-receiver-for-tv-signal-gm988544750-268033235 The Legendary Arecibo Radiotelescope](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4y68D390KxU/mqdefault.jpg)









