| Time
(UTC/GMT+0) | | Event |
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| 2007-08-04 09:26:34 | | Launch from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 |
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| 2007-08-10 | | Trajectory correction maneuver 1 |
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| 2007-10-03 | | Trajectory correction maneuver 2 |
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| 2008-04-10 | | Trajectory correction maneuver 3 |
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| 2008-05-10 | | Trajectory correction maneuver 4 |
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| 2008-05-17 | | Trajectory correction maneuver 5. Not required |
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| 2008-05-24 | | Trajectory correction maneuver 6, 22 hours prior to landing on Mars. Not required |
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| 2008-05-25 23:31:12 | | Entry interface. First contact with Martian atmosphere (125 km) |
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| 2008-05-25 23:34:46 | | Parachute deployed |
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| 2008-05-25 23:35:07 | | Parachute fully open |
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| 2008-05-25 23:35:11 | | Lander legs deployed |
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| 2008-05-25 23:36 | | MRO snaps image of Phoenix on its parachute: view image |
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| 2008-05-25 23:37:43 | | Lander separation |
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| 2008-05-25 23:37:44 | | Retro-rockets ignition |
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| 2008-05-25 23:38:24 | | Touchdown on Mars (0 km) |
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| 2008-06-19 | | Phoenix likely observers water ice sublimating |
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| 2008-07-31 | | NASA announced that Phoenix has confirmed the presence of water-ice on Mars |
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| 2008-11-02 | | Last signal received. End of mission |
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| 2010-01-18 | | 2 months attempt to reestablish contact (unlikely to succeed) |