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Mars Museum Visualization Alliance
Phoenix Mission
Important Updates for Alliance Members: Archive
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Martian Moments: weekly updates from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander
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On Fridays, we'll hold weekly telecons for the Museum Alliance, to
summarize the week's news for you and to allow you to ask questions
of team members. Please note that the passcode for our summer Friday telecons is Phoenix, which is different from the usual Museum Alliance telecons.
Dates: Fridays (excluding July 4)
Time: 12:00 p.m. PDT
Call-in number: 1-888-323-4924
Passcode: Phoenix
Listen to podcasts of the press briefings and media teleconferences in the multimedia section of the JPL/Phoenix website: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/phoenix/podcast.php
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PASADENA, Calif. - NASA and the University of Arizona, Tucson, held a televised press briefing at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday, June 4, to report on the latest news from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission.
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The panel featured some of the international partners on the Phoenix Mission, who reported on the specific plan for digging, the health of the robotic arm, some of the interesting features named "Snow Queen" and "Holly Cow" and the tell tale instrument that measures wind speed. There are new animations and visualizations that depict the topography of the digging area in relation to the lander and the robotic arm that will be available here on the MUSE site.
Listen to podcasts of the press briefings and media teleconferences in the multimedia section of the JPL/Phoenix website: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/phoenix/podcast.php
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UPCOMING:
MARS PHOENIX LANDER MEDIA TELECON SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 2
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PASADENA, Calif. - NASA and the University of Arizona, Tucson, will
hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT
(2 p.m. EDT) on Monday,
June 2, to report on the latest news from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission.
Briefing participants include Peter Smith, principal investigator,
University of Arizona; and others.
If there are status reports over the weekend (May 31 or June 1) or on Monday (June 2), they will be posted online. No press release images or videos will be produced during this time period, but will resume on Tuesday, June 3 along with the press briefing.
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May 29 11:00 am PDT
EMBARGOED: Access to Mars Phoenix Landing Materials
for Internal Use by NASA Museum Alliance partners
Not for Distribution.
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Martian Moments: daily updates on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander
From May 26-30, we'll hold daily telecons for the Museum Alliance, immediately after the press conferences, to summarize the day's news for you and allow you to ask questions.
Dates: May 26-30
Time: 12:30 p.m. PDT
Call-in number: 1-888-323-4924
Passcode: Museum
MAY 29 Telecon featured speaker: Matthew Robinson, PhD
Matthew L. Robinson is currently the 2007 Phoenix Lander Flight Software Lead for the Robotic Arm. His on-going research efforts have included the development of calibration-free, stereo-based manipulation techniques (HIPS) and general control systems for holonomic and hybrid nonholonomic/holonomic systems. Other research interests include machine vision, manipulation, mechatronic systems and controls. He is a member of the engineering staff in the Mobility and Manipulation Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he has been since 2001.
MAY 30 Telecon featured speaker: Dr. Alfred McEwen
Dr. Alfred McEwen is a planetary geologist and director of the Planetary Image Research Laboratory (PIRL). He is a member of the imaging science team on the Cassini mission to Saturn; co-investigator on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbit Camera team; participating scientist on Mars Odyssey THEMIS; and the principal investigator of the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (better known as HiRISE) for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched in August 2005, and arrived at Mars in March 2006. The science phase of this project began December 2006 and will be continuing for many more years.
HiRISE has been instrumental in selection of the final landing site for the Phoenix mission.
If you have questions in advance, please email Sarah.S.Marcotte@jpl.nasa.gov and we'll try to have answers in time (but feel free to come with questions too!)
We are uploading the high-resolution versions of videos and animations for large screens as soon as we receive them. Check back early and often to see what is new on this site!
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May 28 10:00 am PDT
EMBARGOED: Access to Mars Phoenix Landing Materials
for Internal Use by NASA Museum Alliance partners
Not for Distribution.
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Martian Moments: daily updates on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander
From May 26-30, we'll hold daily telecons for the Museum Alliance, immediately after the press conferences, to summarize the day's news for you and allow you to ask questions.
Dates: May 26-30
Time: 12:30 p.m. PDT
Call-in number: 1-888-323-4924
Passcode: Museum
MAY 28 Telecon featured speaker:
Mark Lemmon, Texas A&M University, Co-Investigator, SSI Lead, Dust Cycles
Mark Lemmon is a Participating Scientist for the Mars Exploration Rovers, a Co-Investigator for the 2007 Mars Phoenix Scout Mission, and a Co-Investigator for the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory mission. Lemmon's role in Phoenix is to serve as the scientific lead for the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI). He will participate in the effort design and build the camera, representing the needs of the science team to ensure that the camera can perform as needed on Mars. In addition, he will help in the effort to design operations scenarios and practicing on Earth to make Mars surface operations go smoothly. Lemmon is also a member of the Atmospheric Science Theme Group, and will use camera and other data to study the properties of dust in the Martian atmosphere.
If you have questions in advance, please email Sarah.S.Marcotte@jpl.nasa.gov and we'll try to have answers in time (but feel free to come with questions too!)
We are uploading the high-resolution versions of videos and animations for large screens as soon as we receive them. Check back early and often to see what is new on this site!
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May 27 10:30 am PDT
EMBARGOED: Access to Mars Phoenix Landing Materials
for Internal Use by NASA Museum Alliance partners
Not for Distribution.
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Martian Moments: daily updates on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander
From May 26-30, we'll hold daily telecons for the Museum Alliance, immediately after the press conferences, to summarize the day's news for you and allow you to ask questions.
Dates: May 26-30
Time: 12:30 p.m. PDT
Call-in number: 1-888-323-4924
Passcode: Museum
May 27 Telecon featured speakers:
Mark Lemmon, Texas A&M University, Co-Investigator, SSI Lead, Dust Cycles
Mike Mellon, University of Colorado, Co-Investigator, Regolith Studies, Surface-Atmosphere Interaction
If you have questions in advance, please email Sarah.S.Marcotte@jpl.nasa.gov and we'll try to have answers in time (but feel free to come with questions too!)
The high-resolution versions of videos and animations for large screens have not yet been processed. We'll be working with the folks who produce these to build a faster release into their process as we progress in the mission.
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May 26 9:00 am PDT EMBARGOED
Today's press briefing at 11am pdt will have at least one picture of something we've never seen before! Very exciting!!!
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Martian Moments: daily updates on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander
From May 26-30, we'll hold daily telecons for the Museum Alliance,
immediately after the press conferences, to summarize the day's news
for you and allow you to ask questions.
Dates: May 26-30
Time: 12:30 p.m. PDT
Call-in number: 1-888-323-4924
Passcode: Phoenix
May 26 Telecon: Deborah Bass, Phoenix Deputy Project Scientist
If you have questions in advance, please email Sarah.S.Marcotte@jpl.nasa.gov and we'll try to have answers in time (but feel free to come with questions too!)
It was incredibly busy getting images ready for the press briefings on landing night, so the priority was on tv-ready versions. The high-resolution versions of videos and animations for large screens have not yet been processed. We hope you understand!!!! We'll be working with the folks who produce those this afternoon to build a faster release into their process so it's smoother as we progress in the mission.
Martian Moments: daily updates on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander
From May 26-30, we'll hold daily telecons for the Museum Alliance,
immediately after the press conferences, to summarize the day's news
for you and allow you to ask questions.
Dates: May 26-30
Time: 12:30 p.m. PDT
Call-in number: 1-888-323-4924
Passcode: Phoenix
Feel free to e-mail us any questions you have and we'll try to find the
right person to answer them for you.
Its been a great night!
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May 25, 2008: MARS PHOENIX LANDING RESOURCES
EMBARGOED: Access to Mars Phoenix Landing Materials
for Internal Use by NASA Museum Alliance partners
Not for Distribution.
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By clicking on these links, I and my organization agree to use these materials for planning purposes only, and not to distribute them by e-mail or other means.
- *NEW* Annotated Timeline for NASA TV Live Commentary (PDF) 3:30 - 10 pm, PDT May 25, 2008
This resource will give you a minute-by-minute guide to what the NASA TV Commentated Show will feature so that you can interpret what is going on at all stages during entry, descent, and landing, first critical operations on the surface, and maybe even the first image returns.
- Planning Hints for Live NASA TV & Phoenix Landing Scenarios (PPT)
his document will give you hints for connecting to the live commentated show on NASA TV during entry, descent, and landing, as well as provide ideas for talking to your audiences in certain scenarios (e.g., loss of communications with the lander).
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