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| Peter Smith View video |
Peter Smith, the mission's principal investigator, describes the four primary aims of the Phoenix Mars Mission: to discover ice below the surface; to find out if that ice ever existed in liquid state; to see if that water hosted organic materials; and to learn more about Mars' polar weather. (Videography: Cameron Dickinson).
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| The Phoenix lander View video |
The Canadian contribution to NASA's Mars Phoenix lander is a weather station. Find out more about the instrumentation aboard Phoenix and the Dalhousie connection to this latest chapter in the exploration of the Red Planet. (Editing: Findlay Muir; Videography: Cameron Dickinson.)
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| The Phoenix project and Mars lidar View video |
Research Associate Cameron Dickinson describes the Phoenix mission to Mars and the role of the lidar project at Dal, which will be part of the spacecraft's payload.
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| Entry, descent and landing (Mass Digital) View animation |
Watch an animation of the Phoenix's entry into the Martian atmosphere.
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| Dust devils View animation |
Dust devils occur seasonally on Mars and are believed to play a major role in the Martian climate. Similar to the cooling and heating of Earth's atmosphere by water vapour and clouds, the dust devils on Mars are a means of conducting heat between the surface and the atmosphere.
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| Lander shadows View animation |
An animation showing how the sun shines on the lander over a typical day.
