Phoenix Mars Mission Andrew Levine Mentors Chris Shinohara

Phoenix Mars Mission Andrew Levine Mentors: Chris Shinohara, Gwennie Furr, and Miles Smith Kuiper Space Sciences Building April 19, 2008

Surface Operations RA – Robotic arm MECA - Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer RAC – Robotic arm camera SSI - Surface Stereo Imager TEGA -Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer MARDI - Mars Descent Imager MET - Meteorological Station The science team will co-locate for the first three months of the mission, to operate all the instruments and to perform the first analysis on data that may provide important answers to the following questions: (1) can the Martian arctic support life, (2) what is the history of (2) water at the landing site, and (3) how is the Martian climate (3) affected by polar dynamics?

Wiki Website Know your role n What’s the plan n Stay organized n Share data edit your own page n

Lunar Lander Mentors: Tom Gardner, Roberto Furfaro, Bud Fraze

Future in Space Design a lander to facilitate a variety of future lunar and planetary missions n Readily adaptable to payload requirements n Must survive space environment n

Design Process n All possible solutions – TRL – New ideas n Research & refine – Work out the kinks n Compare and optimize – Eliminate poor designs – Proceed with best candidates n Repeat until optimal design is proven

Ramp Deployment Process

n n n n Ramp System Mass Thermal Stresses/Expansion Mechanisms- NEA/Pyro Stowage and Deployment Points of Failure (launch environment) Safe egress to surface Analysis – – – On paper (excel) Matlab FEA

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