Snibbles

Mars Phoenix

I'm following the Mars Phoenix in Twitter.

• I'm closing in on Mars! Who is going to sleep tonight? Not the team, too excited/scared/anxious seeing 5 years of work come to this last day -- about 3 hours ago from web

• Navigation is looking good. Yay!! Team waived off tonight's opportunity for a flight path adjustment. May do one tomorrow am if needed. about 3 hours ago from web

• A small dust storm blew over the landing site today, but now the weather looks clear for landing. 25 hours and 1 million miles til landing. about 7 hours ago from web

• Less than 2 days and 2 million miles to go before landing. Team has one last chance to adjust trajectory with an engine burn Saturday pm. 10:17 PM May 23, 2008 from web

• My robotic arm is 2.35 meters long (7.7 feet) and has a scoop and a camera, plus a powered "rasp" to dig into the concrete-hard icy-ground. 10:09 PM May 23, 2008 from web

• Unlike the rovers, I don't test rocks on the surface; I'll dig down into the subsurface layers of Mars to a depth of one-half meter (20in) 04:28 PM May 23, 2008 from web