Canada and Phoenix

Author: Tom* Comments(3)

The other day I was thinking about the Phoenix Mars Lander and the end of its flight. The targeted landing spot on Mars is 68oN 233oE and I wondered where that was if it was Earth. Well duh, look on the Phoenix website and the answer is right there. The coordinates would place Phoenix in northwest Canada, you should be able to get a map here.

It so happens the weather station aboard Phoenix is a product of Canada.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

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  3. richard on May 23rd, 2008

    Thanks for that Tom I just watched a 1hr special on my local pbs station about the phoenix mission and can’t wait to see if they have a sucessfull landing

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