From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Sun Jan 04 2004 - 09:23:07 PST
This article is also available on the web at:
http://www.spacetoday.net/getsummary.php?id=2107 .
Spirit lands on Mars
============================================================
Posted: Sun, Jan 4 12:22 AM ET (0522 GMT)
NASA's Spirit Mars rover has successfully landed on Mars,
project officials report. The spacecraft landed on Mars at
11:35 pm EST Saturday (0435 GMT Sunday) after a six-minute
descent phase. Spacecraft controllers had an intermittent
signal around that time indicating the spacecraft was
bounding across the surface on its airbags, but it took
about 15 minutes to finally get a strong signal indicating
the spacecraft had come to rest and was in good condition.
The spacecraft came to rest on its base petal, simplifying
the process of deflating the airbags and unfolding the
petals. The first images from the spacecraft on the surface
could be transmitted as soon as later today, although it
will be about nine days before the rover leaves the lander
itself.
Related Links:
--------------
AP article:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=624&e=1&u=/ap/20040104/ap_on_sc/mars_rover
Reuters article:
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=4069055§ion=news
SPACE.com article:
http://space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_lands_040103.html
BBC article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3365371.stm
Spaceflight Now mission status center:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/status.html
Visit http://www.spacetoday.net/ to get the latest space
news summaries and links to space news articles published
throughout the web. If you have any questions about this
service, please contact us at info_at_spacetoday.net.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.6 : Sun Jan 04 2004 - 09:31:54 PST