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Re: Phoenix - Mars landing preview webcast
2-1/2 hours to go. Live blog from the landing team. Brent Shockley, from the Phoenix landing team, will be updating frequently during the day. The final landing event sequence is:
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Event                                        Time (UTC)	Time (PST)
Cruise Stage Separation               23:39:17	16:39:17
Turn-to-Entry                              23:39:47	16:39:47
Entry                                         23:46:17	16:46:17
Nominal Plasma Black out start      23:47:05	16:47:05
Nominal Plasma Black out end       23:49:05	16:49:05
Nominal Heatshield Deployment     23:50:12	16:50:12
Nominal Lander Leg Deployment    23:50:22	16:50:22
Nominal Lander Separation           23:52:50	16:52:50
Nominal Touch Down                    23:53:33	16:53:33
-dave
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