So I found this pattern to build a model of Phoenix Lander Model so how could I really resist making it? The balloon helps it fly but my landing is considerable less smooth than the demonstration on the internet..
But considering the actual Phoenix Mars Lander looks like this, I'm not sure I did such a great job anyway!
NASA has a long term Mars exploration program and this lander is one of many that have visited Mars. In August 2007 this one was sent to the northern arctic plain to test the soil and ice that had previously been found there. On the 14th of August 2008 it actually took the picture below which you can see a morning frost that reportedly disappeared around 6am when the sun came up.
Sources: NASA.
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