Search Marketing Communications

From NASA Memorial Day, May 26, 2008:

This picture shows the American flag and a mini-DVD from NASA’s Phoenix’s deck – 3 feet above the Martian surface. The mini-DVD from the Planetary Society contains a message to future Martian explorers and includes science fiction stories and art inspired by the Red Planet.

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

Mars is a cold desert planet with no liquid water on its surface, has water ice that lurks just below ground level in its arctic region. Discoveries made by the Mars Odyssey Orbiter in 2002 show large amounts of subsurface water ice in the northern arctic plain. NASA’s Phoenix will use its robotic arm to dig through the protective top soil layer to the water ice below and ultimately, to bring both soil and water ice to the lander platform for sophisticated scientific analysis.

Tags: American Flag, DVD, Mars, NASA, Phoenix, Planetary Society

This entry was posted on June 1, 2008 at 10:36 am and is filed under Earth Hour. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.