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!