Do you want to follow the NASA Phoenix mission’s doom descent to the red planet? If all goes well the probe will rise from the flames of its hypersonic entry on Sunday.

Nature’s Eric Hand is blogging the tears, joy and science live from the University of Arizona’s special Phoenix nest in Tucson. His first post should be up before you can say ‘touchdown’ on our In the Field blog.

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona