File:Descent of Phoenix with a crater in the background taken by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.jpg

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Description	Image taken by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showing descent of Phoenix with a crater in the background. Original caption from NASA: "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera acquired this image of Phoenix hanging from its parachute as it descended to the Martian surface. Shown here is a 10 kilometer (6 mile) diameter crater informally called "Heimdall," and an improved full-resolution image of the parachute and lander. Although it appears that Phoenix is descending into the crater, it is actually about 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) in front of the crater. Given the position and pointing angle of MRO, Phoenix is at about 13 km above the surface, just a few seconds after the parachute opened. This image shows some details of the parachute, including the gap between upper and lower sections. At the time of this observation, MRO had an orbital altitude of 310 km, traveling at a ground velocity of 3.4 kilometers/second, and a distance of 760 km to the Phoenix lander. The Phoenix Mission is led by the University of Arizona, Tucson, on behalf of NASA. Project management of the mission is by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Spacecraft development is by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver."
Date	27 May 2008
Source	http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10705
Author	NASA/Jet Propulsion Lab-Caltech/University of Arizona
Permission (Reusing this file)	PD-USGOV-NASA
Other versions	File:Phoenix descent — unannotated.jpg

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English: Image taken by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showing descent of Phoenix with a crater in the background.

Other languages:

Čeština: Snímek pořízený planetární sondou Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ukazující sestupující sondu Phoenix s kráterem na povrchu Marsu v pozadí.

English: Image taken by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showing descent of Phoenix with a crater in the background.

Español: Imagen tomada por Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter que muestra el descenso de la sonda espacial Phoenix y un cráter marciano al fondo.

Français : Image prise par la sonde spatiale MRO montrant la descente de la sonde Phoenix et un cratère en arrière plan.

Italiano: Immagine ripresa dal Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter che mostra la discesa della sonda Phoenix con un cratere di Marte sullo sfondo.

Magyar: A Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter felvétele a Phoenix űrszonda leszállásáról, a háttérben egy kráterrel

Nederlands: Afdaling van de sonde Phoenix naar het oppervlak van Mars. Foto gemaakt dor de Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Português: Imagem tirada pela sonda espacial Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mostrando a descida da Phoenix com uma cratera de Marte ao fundo.

Македонски: Спуштањето на леталото „Феникс“ на Марс, сликано од Марсовиот извиднички сателит.

Русский: Фотография АМС «Феникс», спускающейся на парашюте в атмосфере Марса, сделанная Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Українська: Зображення, зроблене Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, яке показує спуск Фенікса з марсіанським кратером «Геймдаль», на задньому плані.

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22:32, 27 May 2008	User:BloodIce	<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/PIA10705.jpg"><img alt="Thumbnail for version as of 22:32, 27 May 2008" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/PIA10705.jpg/120px-PIA10705.jpg" width="120" height="60" border="0" /></a>	1,500×746	181 KB	{{Information \|Description= Image taken by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter" class="extiw" title="en:Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter">Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter</a> showing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(spacecraft)" class="extiw" title="en:Phoenix (spacecraft)">Phoenix</a> descending with crater in the background. \|Source=[http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/MRO Jet

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current	17:20, 7 January 2019		1,500 × 746 (686 KB)	Kesäperuna	100% JPEG quality from full quality TIFF.
	07:16, 25 December 2008		1,500 × 746 (181 KB)	BetacommandBot	move approved by: User:LERK This image was moved from File:PIA10705.jpg {{Featured picture}} == Summary == {{Information \|Description= {{en\|Image taken by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showing descent of [[:en:

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