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