Images from a temporary Museum exhibit called

Compiled by Paul Bourke
December 2001


To Mars and Beyond

A 10 minute stereoscopic 3D animation of a flight that leaves Earth, flies around Mars, and finally lands on Mars. Prepared for the National Museum of Australia (December 2001) by Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University.


Entrance

Entrance

Seating

Door detail

Exit doors

Mars landscape

Sample images from the animation


Launch

Separation

Midway observatory

In-flight entertainment

Approach

Phobos

Olympus Mons

Olympus Mons

Polar Icecaps

Mariner Valley

Dao - Landing area

Landing approach

Landed!