Peter Smith, principal investigator for the UA's Phoenix Mars Mission, will give a talk titled "The Phoenix Mars Mission: Uncovering the Mysteries of the Martian Arctic."
NASA’s current mission to the Red Planet is being managed and led at The University of Arizona. The Phoenix Mars Mission, scheduled to land on May 25, will study the history of water and search for complex organic molecules in the ice-rich soil of the Martian arctic. It is the first Mars mission to be led by a public university. The lander will probe farther north than any previous mission to Mars. The UA has been involved in every mission to Mars starting with Mariner 4 in 1964 – and many other planetary missions – and the Phoenix mission continues that rich exploration tradition.
Audience: All, Medium (51-100)
University Medical Center
Room: DuVal Auditorium
Anne Marx
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
520-626-8121
amarx@email.arizona.edu