Mars Express To Help Phoenix Land

The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter will track the descent and landing phase of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander as part of increased international networking in exploration missions. The 13-min. oversight, requiring an orbital adjustment, will back up a pair of NASA orbiters. But with NASA’s...

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