{"id":15,"date":"2021-11-01T15:40:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:21:49","slug":"space-missions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/space-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-hero-banner\">\n    <section class=\"banner-hero\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"column-small-12 column-large-8 padding-v-xl\">\n                                            <h1 class=\"hero\">Space Missions<\/h1>\n                    \n                    \n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"assistive-background-image assistive-background-overlay js-interchange\"\n                 style=\"background-image: 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/MiLi-Logo-v2-white-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-729\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/MiLi-Logo-v2-white-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/MiLi-Logo-v2-white-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/MiLi-Logo-v2-white-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/MiLi-Logo-v2-white-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/MiLi-Logo-v2-white-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/MiLi-Logo-v2-white-2048x2048.png 2048w, 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href=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/space-missions\/phoenix\/\" class=\"button-secondary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"York University contribution to the Phoenix Mars Mission\">York University contribution to the Phoenix Mars Mission<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-button-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpl.arizona.edu\/missions\/phoenix\" class=\"button-secondary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"University of Arizona Phoenix web-site\">University of Arizona Phoenix web-site<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Phoenix-on-Mars-1-1-1-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" 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