The University of Arizona Goes to Mars

Top Mars Stories from UA News

Phoenix Site on Mars May Be in Dry Climate Cycle Phase
Phoenix Lander progress report: Mars soil may be wet during warmer climate cycles.
UA Projects Make Time Magazine's List of Top Science Discoveries
The Large Hadron Collider was listed first and the Phoenix Mars Mission was listed second. UA researchers have ties to both.
Phoenix Lander Winds Up Its Astonishing Summer On Mars
For NASA's UA-led Phoenix Lander Mission, the first university-led mission to Mars, surface science operations are over. The mission thrilled millions.
UA Wins Governor's Award for Innovation for Phoenix Mars Mission
The Governor's Award for Innovation goes to UA for the Phoenix Mars Mission for a second consecutive year.
Phoenix Lander Finishes Successful Work on Red Planet
Phoenix has delivered a trove of data that scientists will study for years to come.
Researchers Hearing Daily From Weakening Phoenix Mars Lander
Phoenix is running out of power each afternoon or evening but reawakening after its solar arrays catch morning sunlight.

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Phoenix Mars Mission

The first in NASA's "Scout Program" - designed as a highly innovative and relatively low-cost complement to the agency's Mars Exploration Program.

Watch live video from NASA TV along with Mars Mission and science videos from UA News.

Visit various spots across campus for the best view before, during and after landing.

The highest resolution images ever captured of the surface of Mars from the UA's telescopic camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Launched aboard the 2001 Mars Odyssey to study, among other things, the distribution of water on the Martian surface.

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