NASA's Phoenix Lander parachutes to Mars surface

Photo courtesy of http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/images/press/PHX_Lander.html

That is a photograph of the Phoenix Mars Lander taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as the Lander parachuted down to the surface of Mars. I watched part of the live coverage of the landing on CNN on Sunday night and it was pretty exciting! It's hard to imagine spending years working on a project like the Phoenix Lander, launching it into space, waiting months and months for it to get to where it's supposed to be, and then crossing your fingers and hoping it lands safely 400 million miles away.

You can see more images taken by Phoenix and learn about how it works on the NASA site.

Also, the Discovery space shuttle is launching on Saturday, May 31st, at about 6pm Atlantic time.