That Time NASA Recycled a Mars Lander

While most spacecraft are designed and built from scratch for one particular mission, the Phoenix Lander was pieced together from previous missions and rose from the ashes...all the way to Mars.

Hosted By: Savannah Geary
----------
Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow and David Brooks!

Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace

Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow
----------
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
SciShow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow
SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow
----------
Sources:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080508.html
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mars-polar-lander-deep-space-2/in-depth/
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=MS2001L
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/missions/phoenix/
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/fy23_nasa_budget_request_summary.pdf
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_Spacecraft_Classification.html
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/phoenix/in-depth/
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2012/august/flight-training-magazine/weather

Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illustration_of_Orion_and_the_European_Service_Module_(32007138711).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_Mars_Lander,_side_view.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_landing.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_Surveyor_2001_lander_with_Marie_Curie_rover_(cropped).jpg
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mars-polar-lander-deep-space-2/in-depth/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA13804-MarsPhoenixLander-Panorama-20080525b.jpg
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/multimedia/radar-20080508.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radar_Altimetry2.jpg
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/eagle-fighter-plane-at-sunset-royalty-free-image/1176850442?adppopup=true
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia10663-phoenix-extends-its-legs
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2325/phoenix-lander-descending-to-mars/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_Twilight.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Mars_Rover.jpg
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/phoenix/in-depth/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ph%C5%93nix_lander_at_the_northern_arctic_circle_of_Mars.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Mars_Rovers_Sizes.jpg