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Phoenix Spacecraft Heat Shield Deployment Test
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In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, a worker monitors the Phoenix spacecraft during a heat shield deployment test, with a firing of ordnance associated with the separation device. Phoenix will land in icy soils near the north polar permanent ice cap of Mars and explore the history of the water in these soils and any associated rocks, while monitoring polar climate.
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Credit linePhoenix Spacecraft Heat Shield Deployment Test. NASA/KSC, 2007-05-16. Public domain. ID: KSC-07PD-1223.
