Phoenix Cheat Sheet

CM indicates Orion capsule and service module. LM indicates Altair lunar lander.

Phoenix 1-X

8-25-10. Unmanned. First test of Jupiter 246-B with four SRBs, and Orion capsule.

• Failure - Launch proceeded normally until 98 seconds into the flight, at which point the vehicle exploded. The cause of the accident was determined to be a computer fault which led to an accidental firing of the range safety system after a command to shut down an engine due to fuel issues was misinterpreted. The launch escape system was activated and successfully pulled the unmanned Orion away from the launcher.

Phoenix 1-Y

11-12-10. Unmanned. Test of Jupiter 246-B with four SRBs, and Orion capsule.

• Success - First successful launch of Jupiter 246-B. Jupiter Upper Stage successfully boosted the Orion capsule to a 100,000 mile elliptical orbit for high speed atmospheric reentry testing.

Phoenix 1-Z

12-7-10. Unmanned. Test of Jupiter 246-B with four SRBs, Orion capsule, and Altair lander.

• Success - All-up test of complete lunar flight. Unmanned launch, followed by automated transposition and docking in Earth orbit, Earth departure, and lunar orbit insertion. Altair lander, nicknamed "Explorer" by controllers, successfully performed an unmanned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility on December 11, collected samples of lunar soil and activated a small robotic rover, and lifted off. The ascent stage lifted off and docked with the orbiting Orion, transferred samples, and was discarded. The capsule landed at Edwards Air Force Base on December 16.

PJ-204

6-20-11. Phoenix-Jupiter 204. Unmanned. Lunar landing. Landing at Shackleton crater. Assorted building materials and tools for the Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost. Primary payload will be robotic construction equipment which will prepare main base location and which will begin construction of the base. Secondary payload will be robotic rover competing in Google Lunar X Prize.

Phoenix 2 (CM: Draco, LM: Voyager)

7-4-11. Manned. First manned Jupiter 246-B with four SRBs. Orion capsule and Altair lander.

• American - Logan Wilson
• American - Luke Buchanan
• American - Kane Blackwell
• American (NASA) - Alexander Bishop

Phoenix 3 (CM: Discovery, LM: Serenity)

9-30-11. Manned. Lunar orbital mission. Survey of landing site and test of docking/un-docking techniques procedures in lunar orbit. Possible lunar orbit EVA. First manned flight to leave Low Earth Orbit since 1972.

• American - Frank Rosewood
• American - Patrick Tucker
• American - Daniel Baxter
• ESA (England) - Riley A. Harris

Phoenix 4 (CM: Aurora, LM: Enterprise)

12-19-11 to 1-4-12. Manned. Lunar landing. First landing since Apollo 17. Planned landing at Vallis Schröteri. First lunar rover since Apollo 17. Mission expected to be one week sortie.

• American - Harold Hamilton
• American - David Sanders
• ESA (Finland) - Karri Litmanen
• Russian - Vasiliy Petrov

PJ-208

1-16-12. Phoenix-Jupiter 208. Unmanned. Lunar landing. Landing at Shackleton crater. Assorted building materials and tools for the Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost.

Phoenix 5 (CM: Wallace, LM: Gromit)

3-12-12. Manned. Lunar landing. Planned landing at Hyginus in Sinus Medii. Lunar rover. Geology and general science mission. Mission expected to be one week sortie.

• American - Frank Benford
• American - Jack Ashcroft
• ESA (England) - Sandra Cunningham
• JAXA - Ikumi Tahara

Phoenix 6 (CM: Constitution, LM: Endeavour)

7-4-12. Manned. Lunar landing. Planned landing at Shackleton crater. Possible rover. Begin survey of site for the Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost. Primary goal will be to study hydrogen levels and attempt to find water. Mission expected to be 14 day "extended sortie". Small inflatable habitat will be attached to lander for crew use.

• American - Chris Sonnier
• American - Arthur Cohen
• American (NASA) - Guillermo Valdez
• Callentine - Ellen Prothero

Phoenix 7-A

Unmanned. Lunar landing. Landing at Shackleton crater. Assorted building materials and tools for the Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost. Primary payload will be temporary inflatable habitat and greenhouses for construction crews.

Phoenix 7-B

Unmanned. Lunar landing. Landing at Shackleton crater. Assorted building materials and tools for the Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost. Primary payload will be robotic construction equipment which will prepare main base location and which will begin construction of the base.

Phoenix 7-C

Unmanned. Lunar landing. Landing at Shackleton crater. Assorted building materials and tools for the Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost. Primary payload will be primary inflatable base habitat. Scheduled to launch shortly after Phoenix 8 crew arrives. May also contain base components for later installation.

Phoenix 8 (CM: Atlantis, LM: Discovery)

11-14-12. Manned. Lunar landing. Landing at Shackleton crater. Rover and associated building material. Continue construction of the Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost.

• American - Harold Hamilton
• American - David Sanders
• American - Ian Rubin
• American - Fractal Rubin
  • Crew was nicknamed "the All-Americans" by ground controllers.

Phoenix 9 (CM: Columbia, LM: Challenger)

1-17-13. Manned. Lunar landing. Landing at Shackleton crater. Associated building material. Continue construction of the Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost.

• American - David Hawthorne
• American - Matthew Ozark
• Canadian - Gloria Rogers
• American - Sandra Harris

Phoenix 10 (CM: Pioneer, LM: Sojourner)

3-10-13. Manned. First lunar far-side mission. Planned landing at Tsiolkovskiy. Lunar rover. Geology and general science mission. Mission expected to be one to two week sortie. Communications relayed via Luna-Com satellite network.

• American - Mark Collins
• American - Jessica Dempsey
• Russian - Ivan Abramoff
• Russian - Sergey Zubarev

Phoenix 11 (CM: Blue Jay, LM: Cardinal)

4-18-13. Manned. Lunar base crew rotation. Assorted building materials. Landing at Shackleton crater.

• Canadian - Robert Carter
• American (NASA) - Thomas Daniels
• Russian - Tatiana Bocharova
• Chinese - Ming Ko

Phoenix 12 (CM: Beagle, LM: Calypso)

6-16-13. Manned. First lunar north pole mission. Landing at Peary crater. Lunar rover. Geology and general science mission. Two week sortie. Possible survey for future base location.

• American (NASA) - Benjamin Burke
• American - Donald Hurley
• ESA (Italy) - Alighiero Moretti
• JAXA - Noboru Akiyama

Phoenix 13 (CM: Pelican, LM: Hawk)

9-10-13. Manned. Lunar base crew rotation. Assorted building materials. Landing at Shackleton crater.

• American - Matthias Keller
• American - Ross Gutierrez
• ESA (Germany) - Wolfgang Roth
• ESA (Italy) - Domenico Lombardi

Phoenix 14 (CM: Yin, LM: Yang)

1-4-14. Manned. Lunar base crew rotation. Landing at Shackleton crater.

• American - Kenneth Wilkinson
• Russian - Tamara Tokareva
• Emirati - Houd Wajid Toma
• Chinese - Yul Chao

Phoenix 15 (CM: Bogey, LM: Birdie)

2-8-14. Manned. Landing at Tycho crater. Lunar rover. Geology and general science mission. Two week sortie.

• American - Edward Ibarra
• American - Herb Simmons
• American (NASA) - Kenneth Rogers
• American (NASA) - Junior 'Kid' Cruz

Phoenix 16 (CM: Siegfried, LM: Brunhilde)

6-10-14. Manned. Lunar base crew rotation. Landing at Shackleton crater.

• ESA (Germany) - Matthias Kortig
• American - Eric Dunbar
• China - Dewei Hsiung
• JAXA - Isato Tanikawa

Phoenix 17 (CM: Arrow, LM: Grand Slam)

10-5-14. Manned. Lunar base crew rotation. Landing at Shackleton crater.

• American - Judy Douglas
• Canadian - Troy Woodruff
• ESA (Spain) - Eduardo Fuentes
• South Korea - Myeong Song

Phoenix 18 (CM: Danube, LM: Mystic)

11-18-14. Manned. Landing at Tycho crater, targeting Surveyor 7 site. Lunar rover. Geology and general science mission. Two week sortie.

• American - Terry Mitchel
• American - Arthur Davenport
• ESA (France) - Jacques Girard
• Canadian - Charles "Bugs" Jones
  • Failure - Launch proceeded normally until 64 seconds into the flight, at which point the vehicle exploded. Failure was caused by a manufacturing fault in the liquid oxygen tubopump feeding engine 1 on the first stage of the Jupiter launcher. The defect caused a failure and subsequent explosion of the turbopump, which led to damage to other components, triggering an automatic abort. The launch escape system successfully pulled the Orion MPCV from the booster and the crew landed in the Atlantic suffering only acceleration injuries. This marks the second ever manned use of a launch escape system in flight, the second failure of a Jupiter launcher and the first failure involving a crew. Program placed on hold while investigation was in progress, however, launches resumed when other turbopumps were replaced and cleared for flight following improved safety checks. Crew reassigned to Phoenix 21.

Phoenix 19 (CM: Quartz, LM: Gold)

2-6-15. Manned. Lunar base crew rotation. Landing at Shackleton crater.

• American - Sebastian Brock
• American - Jarod Spearing
• Australian - Daniel Wyman
• Emirati - Ikraam Mohammed

Phoenix 20 (CM: Union, LM: Dawn)

7-8-15. Manned. Lunar base crew rotation. Landing at Shackleton crater.

• American -
• Canadian -

Phoenix 21

11-15-15. Manned. Lunar base crew rotation. Landing at Shackleton crater.

• Filler
  • Starting with this flight, separate names for the Orion capsule and Altair lander on each mission were ended.