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Space Topics: PhoenixPhoenix Sol-By-Sol SummaryThis page attempts to collect and organize information on this website about Phoenix' sol-by-sol activities. It was last updated on November 4, 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. Earth calendar dates are approximate (give or take a day). 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; OFB = Organic Free Blank (used for TEGA
to calibrate any potential detection of organic materials)
Sol 154-158 (October 30-November 3): Intermittent communication established with Phoenix; spacecraft remains in Lazarus mode. Sol 153 (October 29): Phoenix enters "Lazarus mode." No communication with Earth. Sol 152 (October 28): Phoenix commanded to start shutting down survival heaters. Spacecraft enters safe mode. Sol 151 (October 27): Atmospheric sol (TEGA bake, high power requirements) Sol 150 (October 26): Atmospheric sol Sol 149 (October 25): Image Stone Soup and Dodo-Goldilocks; Sol 148 (October 24): Cloud movies; dig at La Mancha Sol 147 (October 23): "King's Men slide into Ice Man," whatever that means; press on pile in WCL3 Sol 146 (October 22): TECP in soil; image Stone Soup area Sol 145 (October 21): Dig at King's Men; cloud movies; TECP in soil? Sol 144 (October 20): Image many trenches Sol 143 (October 19): Dust devil search, image inside of RAC scoop Sol 142 (October 18): "Hunt for WCL0's missing sample?" deck panorama, image King's Men; image TEGA 3 (still closed); image Holy Cow and Snow Queen with RAC Sol 141 (October 17): Happy Pan; dust devil movie; image Snow White Sol 140 (October 16): TECP in soil; image Snow White, Stone Soup (incl. trenching at Stone Soup?) Sol 139 (October 15): TECP in soil; Happy Pan Sol 138 (October 14): Dust devil movies, image Upper Cupboard / Dodo-Goldilocks; image WCL? (Was there a dump in here?); image now-empty RAC scoop; RAC mosaic of TEGA Sol 137 (October 13): Dust devil movies, image inside of RAC scoop in wee hours Sol 136 (October 12): Grab sample at Rosy Red? for TEGA 6? (documented with RAC only); pose RA over WCL? Sol 135 (October 11): Sit through dust storm Sol 134 (October 10): Dust devil movies; dig at La Mancha; pose RAC over WCL3 for poking; image Bee Tree and Caterpillar dump piles and Snow White trench Sol 133 (October 9): Image Pet Donkey; dust devil movie with RAC Sol 132 (October 8): Image La Mancha; cloud movies Sol 131 (October 7): Deliver Rosy Red N to TEGA 6; cloud movies; look at WCL 3 again; image Upper Cupboard/Dodo-Goldilocks; image La Mancha; low-res pan across upper part of work volume; dust devil movie Sol 130 (October 6): Acquire Rosy Red N Sol 129 (October 5): Image Bee Tree dump pile; image Pet Donkey; image Snow White Sol 128 (October 4): Acquire and deliver another Galloping Hessian sample to OM; two cloud movies; image La Mancha and Pet Donkey; Sol 127 (October 3): Open new La Mancha trench; dust devil movie Sol 126 (October 2): Scrape and deliver Wicked Witch 2 to TEGA 1; dust devil movie (no devils, but nice cloud motions) Sol 125 (October 1): Acquire and deliver Galloping Hessian from underneath where Headless rock used to be, deliver to OM; dust devil movie (also with RAC) Sol 124 (September 30): Atmospheric runout sol (weekend) Sol 123 (September 29): Image OFB; dust devil movie; atmospheric studies Sol 122 (September 28): Rasp from OFB, deliver to TEGA 2; insert TECP; image Galloping Hessian (area under Headless); dust devil movie; Sol 121 (September 27): Open TEGA oven 6; TECP in soil; image Upper Cupboard; image Dodo-Goldilocks; image Snow White Sol 120 (September 26): Attempt acquisition and delivery to TEGA 1 from Snow White; lots of photometry Sol 119 (September 25): TECP; frost monitoring; image under Headless; look for dust devils (neat cloud movie); image Caterpillar Sol 118 (September 24): Open TEGA oven 2; scrape at Snow White; frost monitoring; image Snow White; image Upper Cupboard; Sol 117 (September 23): Move Headless rock; look for dust devils Sol 116 (September 22): RAC and SSI photo each other (RAC with lights on); "press" at Dodo-Goldilocks, image before and after; image Snow White; look for changes at WCL 3; look for dust devils Sol 115 (September 21): Happy Pan; groom Neverland; image Snow White Sol 114 (September 20): Happy Pan; cloud movie; expand Upper Cupboard trench; image Snow White Sol 113 (September 19): Acquire and attempt to deliver sample ???? from Snow White to TEGA 1; look for dust devils; monitor Snow White; neato lidar beam movie, with scintillation off of ice crystals Sol 112 (September 18): Happy pan; coordinated observations with MRO; look for dust devils; Sol 111 (September 17): Dust devil movies with RAC; Happy Pan; frost monitoring; image Stone Soup; image Dodo-Goldilocks; 360° pan on clouds; image OFB; TECP Sol 110 (September 16): Deliver Golden Goose sample to OM; nice cloud movies; look for dust devils; image Stone Soup; image Snow White; stereo movie of telltale in motion including mast Sol 109 (September 15): Document simulated acquisition of sample from OFB; frost monitoring; monitor Snow White for changes; look at TECP needles with SSI; look for dust devils; Sol 108 (September 14): Runout sol (remote sensing) Sol 107 (September 12): Deliver Sorceress 2 to WCL 2?; look for dust devils Sol 106 (September 11): Happy Pan; frost monitoring Sol 105 (September 10): Retract TECP; Image Dodo-Goldilocks; grab Sorceress 2 sample for WCL; image Snow White Sol 104 (September 9): Happy Pan; lots of dust devils; image Snow White; TECP in soil Sol 103 (September 8): Image Snow White; examine no sample in bucket; neat zenith cloud movie; TECP in soil Sol 102 (September 7): Frost monitoring; image Snow White and Stone Soup; image Dodo-Goldilocks; image bucket over WCL; dump Golden Goose 3 onto WCL3 Sol 101 (September 6): Sunrise imaging; frost monitoring; Happy Pan; scrape Golden Goose 3 [assume from Stone Soup?] and poise over WCL 3; image Stone Soup and Snow White; Sol 100 (September 5): Groom Neverland; image Snow White; poise over TEGA 1 Sol 99 (September 4): Retract TECP; scrape "Golden Key" from Dodo-Goldilocks, deliver to OM; frost monitoring; Sol 98 (September 3): Happy Pan; frost monitoring; image Neverland (Alice? Bear's Lodge?); image WCL 3; nice cloud movie; TECP; image WCL 3 with problematic pile; insert TECP Sol 97 (September 1): Continue overnight imaging of Holy Cow; frost monitoring; insert TECP? Sol 96 (August 31): Deliver Golden Goose 2 to WCL 3; image Stone Soup; open TEGA 1; late-night imaging with RAC of Holy Cow Sol 95 (August 30): Happy Pan; frost monitoring; image Stone Soup; grab "Golden Goose 2" sample from Stone Soup Sol 94 (August 29): Scrape at Wonderland; test ice delivery to TEGA 0; image Stone Soup; very windy telltale; neat cloud movies Sol 93 (August 28): Happy Pan; dig at Stone Soup; image Caterpillar Sol 92 (August 27): Drop sample; Happy Pan; image Snow White; frost monitoring; Sol 91 (August 26): Hold Golden Goose sample; Happy Pan; frost monitoring; image Stone Soup; take movie of Sun occultation by robotic arm; Sol 90 (August 25): Image sunrise; frost monitoring; Image Holy Cow; acquire "Golden Goose" sample from Stone Soup and move to TEGA 1; color pan of workspace; image Cupboard; atmospheric monitoring Sol 89 (August 24): Scrape at Snow White; image Stone Soup; sim delivery to TEGA 0; image Holy Cow; Sol 88 (August 23): Happy Pan; dig in Stone Soup; image Caterpillar; sim delivery to WCL 3 Sol 87 (August 22): Frost monitoring; scrape at Cupboard and examine scoop divot; complete 4x downsampled 2-row IR pan Sol 86 (August 21): Frost monitoring; retract TECP; image Caterpillar; dig at Cupboard Sol 85 (August 20): Deliver Burning Coals to TEGA oven 7; Happy Pan; TECP in Stone Soup? Sol 84 (August 19): Atmospheric monitoring; frost monitoring; digital elevation model of workspace; dig at Upper Cupboard; imaging of TEGA magnets; lots of imaging of "Jumping Cow" at different times Sol 83 (August 18): Collect Burning Coals sample again; atmospheric monitoring and photometric imaging Sol 82 (August 17): Happy Pan; frost monitoring; imaging at Dodo-Goldilocks and Burn Alive; dig at Upper Cupboard Sol 81 (August 16): collect "Burning Coals" sample at Burn Alive; atmospheric monitoring Sol 80 (August 15): Happy Pan; frost monitoring; image Caterpillar (dump site for Dodo-Goldilocks-etc. dig) Sol 79 (August 14): Open TEGA oven 7; dig at Cupboard; 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) |
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