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Space Topics: Phoenix

Phoenix Sol-By-Sol Summary

This page attempts to collect and organize information on this website about Phoenix' sol-by-sol activities. It was last updated on August 15, 2008.

Other useful resources for sol-by-sol activities include the Phoenix SSI raw images page at Texas A&M and the Phoenix RAC raw images page here on The Planetary Society's website. Also check our Phoenix news archives and especially the Weblog, where you'll find updates on at least a weekly basis.

Some abbreviations: AFM = Atomic Force Microscope; OM = optical microscope; TECP = Thermal and Electrical Conductivity probe, on tip of robotic arm for soil and sky studies; TEGA = Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer, house-shaped box on deck; WCL = wet chemistry lab

Sol 79 (August 14): Open TEGA oven 7;

Sol 78 (August 13): Happy Pan; dig at Burn Alive and Stone Soup; groom Snow White; frost monitoring

Sol 77 (August 12): More digging at Burn Alive and Upper Cupboard; frost monitoring

Sol 76 (August 11): Continue Happy Pan; move RA to TEGA oven 7 delivery pose; change monitoring of TEGA 5 delivery material; document Burn Alive; image Dodo-Goldilocks-Cupboard-Stone Soup area

Sol 75 (August 10): Post-midnight frost observations; change monitoring of TEGA 5 delivery material; atmospheric stuff; deliver Wicked Witch 2 to OM; dig at Burn Alive

Sol 74 (August 9): Dig at "Stone Soup" trench (between Dodo-Goldilocks and Cupboard); acquire Wicked Witch 2 sample for OM; image dump pile above Snow White; vibration gets Rosy Red 3 sample into oven 5

Sol 73 (August 8): Begin Happily Ever After pan; imaging of Snow White dump pile; widen Neverland trench; more Snow Queen and Holy Cow imaging; more TEGA imaging; Rosy Red 3 sample not yet into oven 5

Sol 72 (August 7): Acquire and Deliver "Rosy Red 3" sample to TEGA Oven 5; including high-res imaging of scoop contents; image Rosy Red 3 sample site; detail observations

Sol 71 (August 6): Extract TECP; more frost monitoring; image Cupboard and Neverland trenches and Snow White headwall; RAC imaging of Snow Queen and Holy Cow with scoop full of soil; RAC flatfield

Sol 70 (August 5): Photometry studies; all-night sol; TECP; begin search for nighttime frost; back on Earth, resolution of Perchlorate Kerfuffle (commentary here)

Sol 69 (August 4): Move RA to TEGA oven 5 delivery pose; move RA to WCL 2 delivery pose; dig at Cupboard trench; photometry studies; first successful Atomic Force Microscope sample from Sorceress; back on Earth, NASA release on Perchlorate Kerfuffle

Sol 68 (August 3): Dig at Neverland; dig at Snow White headwall (which also documents Rosy Red 2 sample site); back on Earth, Perchlorate Kerfuffle brews

Sol 67 (August 2): Sprinkle Rosy Red 2 onto OM; dig at Cupboard trench; pre-dig imaging of Neverland trench

Sol 66 (August 1): Acquire Rosy Red 2 sample and move to delivery position over WCL 0; atmospheric sol

Sol 65 (July 31): Atmospheric sol

Sol 64 (July 30): Scrape and deliver "Wicked Witch" sample to TEGA Oven 0

Sol 63 (July 29): Atmospheric sol

Sol 62 (July 28): Another 4x4? rasp of "Shoes of Fortune" sample, same problem

Sol 61 (July 27): Diagnose delivery failure

Sol 60 (July 25): 4x4 rasp of "Glass Slipper" sample; attempt delivery; failed, stuck in scoop

Sol 59 (July 24): gear up for sample acquisition for TEGA; remote sensing; change monitoring at Dodo-Goldilocks and Snow White

Sol 58 (July 23): 5 scrapings, watch sublimation rate with frequent imaging

Sol 57 (July 22): 80 scrapings, monitor how Snow White changes

Sol 56 (July 21): Rasp test #3 - 3 or 4 holes, some obliterated by subsequent scooping from rasped area

Sol 55 (July 20): Coordinated 24-hour atmospheric campaign with MRO / MCS, TECP

Sol 54 (July 19): Animation load plate test, TECP insertion, image ground for "Midnight Sun" montage

Sol 53 (July 18): Successful opening of TEGA oven 0 doors, rasp test #2 - four holes; try to get hard stuff this time, possibly didn't

Sol 52 (July 17): More scraping (retry sol 51), remote sensing, midnight observations

Sol 51 (July 16): Scraping attempt, ran in to hard object, so safed

Sol 50 (July 15): Rasp, with pre- and post-imaging; did not get to hard stuff; monitor E solar panel for changes;

Sol 49 (July 14): Extend Snow White trench; look at rasp; look at TECP

Sol 48 (July 13): Figure out what happened at Alice; image arm & scoop in stereo; remote sensing Midgard (funny porous rock); night imaging

Sol 47 (July 12): Midnight Sun imaging; retract TECP and image; accidentally slam arm into Alice

Sol 46 (July 11): image TECP in soil; monitor Dodo-Goldilocks; atmospheric stuff; night image test

Sol 45 (July 10): More scraping at Snow White; remote sensing targeted observations

Sol 44 (July 9): Finish AFM checkout, remote sensing, robotic arm imaging under lander

Sol 43 (July 8): Continue WCL analysis; more scraping at Wonderland; more staring at scoop; TECP touch test (this one successful); finish last bits of Mission Success Panorama

Sol 42 (July 7): Clean and scrape at Wonderland, investigate tip of robotic arm scoop to see if icy sample acquired, begin checkout of Atomic Force Microscope

Sol 41 (July 6): WCL 1 sample delivery "Sorceress" ; start WCL analysis; TECP touch test (conservative, didn't quite touch)

Sol 39-40 (July 4-5): break for human team, panoramic imaging and atmospheric observations for Phoenix

Sol 38 (July 3): delivery of tiny sample to OM

Sol 37 (July 2): Hold sample (which is dry by now); coordinated observations with Odyssey

Sol 36 (July 1): Hold sample; monitor Dodo-Goldilocks; monitor Sorceress

Sol 35 (June 30): Deck panorama; hold sample in TEGA delivery pose

Sol 34 (June 29): Scoop sample from Wonderland; practice delivery to TEGA and wet chemistry lab

Sol 33 (June 28): Scrape 50 times at Wonderland to make little soil piles; OM images of sample; panoramic imaging

Sol 32 (June 27): Scrape at Wonderland, atmospheric observations

Sol 31 (June 26): Scrape at Wonderland gets to ice interface, image Holy Cow, begin "RePeter Pan" (gap fill for mission success pan)

Sol 30 (June 25): WCL 0 sample delivery "Rosy Red", test delivery to TEGA oven 5, more mission success panorama imaging, monitor Dodo-Goldilocks, SSI shadow self-portrait at solstice

Sol 29: OM images of sample; reposition robotic arm over wet chem lab; upload patch to fix root cause of sol 22 anomaly; atmospheric observations

Sol 28: Position sample over wet chem lab (position no go); panoramic imaging (Peter Pan complete); monitor Dodo-Goldilocks; photo TEGA doors

Sol 27: No science / safe mode

Sol 26: Deliver sample to Optical Microscope (sample 2 for OM); photo TEGA doors

Sol 25: Attempt to open TEGA door 5; acquire Rosy Red sample from next to Snow White (for Optical Microscope); monitor Dodo-Goldilocks

Sol 24: Disappearing ice fragment; dig at Snow White 2

Sol 23: No science / deal with file system anomaly / begin no science use of flash

Sol 22: Dig at Wonderland

Sol 21 (June 16): change monitoring at Caterpillar-Dodo-Goldilocks; calibration of TECP measurements of atmosphere; change monitoring at Snow Queen; HiRISE photo of lander

Sol 20: Destruction of fragment; arm motion movie; "albedo survey" (panorama in IR filter)

Sol 19: More digging at Dodo-Goldilocks; interesting white fragment in trench; panoramic imaging; multispectral imaging of Caterpillar; arm motion movie; multispectral imaging of dig and dump sites; switch to subframe format for telltale imaging; change monitoring of Snow Queen

Sol 18: First baking of TEGA oven 4 sample (to 35°C); trenching at Dodo-Goldilocks; arm motion movie; multispectral imaging of dig and dump sites; panoramic imaging

Sol 17: Delivery of soil to Optical Microscope (OM); panoramic imaging; multispectral imaging of Cheshire Cat

Sol 16: Shaking finally gets TEGA sample in oven; panoramic imaging; multispectral imaging of dirt clod on Phoenix DVD

Sol 15: Sprinkle test; panoramic imaging

Sol 14: Shake TEGA screen; multispectral imaging of Baby Bear dig site; panoramic imaging

Sol 13: Stand down for TEGA; Dodo expanded; panoramic imaging; locate site of lost pin

Sol 12: Sample delivery "Baby Bear" to TEGA oven 4 (soil dumped, but no sample)

Sol 11: Sample acquisition at Baby Bear for TEGA; scoop poised over TEGA

Sol 10 (June 4): Runout day due to Odyssey safing event; 4 columns color panorama

Sol 9: Second dig and dump; color imaging of scoop contents and scoop site ("Dodo"); first Optical Microscope (OM) images

Sol 8: TEGA door problem; multi-exposure imaging of Holy Cow

Sol 7: TEGA cover opened, first "dig and dump", color imaging of scoop contents

Sol 6: Snow Queen color imaging attempt (failed), touch test at "Yeti"

Sol 5: Discovery of "Holy Cow" in third footpad image (more here)

Sol 4: Lidar checked out, TEGA ion source anomaly, discovery of "Snow Queen" in second footpad image

Sol 3: Arm unstow, first full 1/4 scale panorama

Sol 2: MRO comm anomaly; full-color postcard

Sol 1: Work volume images; DVD; two HiRISE views of lander on surface

Sol 0 (May 25): Landing; images of solar panels, first footpad, and first horizon postcard; HiRISE parachute images (also here)