Flight of the Phoenix Mars Lander

Flight of The Phoenix (Lander)
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Much like its namesake, the Phoenix Lander will allow a neglected piece of Mars hardware to rise from the ashes of a failed mission. The Phoenix lander will be the first Scout mission launched by NASA, with a takeoff date of 2007 and a funding cap of $300 million for the mission.
This is a dramatization of that flight, created with Orbiter Space Flight Simulator and selected add-ons.

Credits where Credit is Due
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PHOENIX MARS MISSION v2- Add-On for Orbiter by Brian Jones 19/06/07
The ORbiter ULtimate EXpirience landscape generator system (ORULEX) v0.7.0 by Artlav
Orbiter Space Flight Simulator (tm), by Dr. Martin Schweiger PhD.
Fraps Version 2.9.1 © Beepa
VirtualDub version 1.6.14 © Avery Lee

PresentationCreated by:
BigDAS (grizebar@netzero.com)

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• NASA
• Phoenix
• Mars
• Lander
• Orbiter
• Space
• Flight
• Simulator

[BigDAS]

"Take a look at the Lawman

Beating up the wrong guy

Oh, Man! Wonder if he'll ever know

He's the best selling show

Is there life on Mars?"

-David Bowie - Life On Mars-

[mamadoumangerbanane]

URGENT please how do you film it?

very good film !

[BigDAS]

Thank you! The information is all in the Introduction to the right of the video panel.

[n122vu]

Great video! Where did you get the Phoenix lander add-on? Have searched orbithangar and the web...

Thanks,

n122vu

[BigDAS]

It should be on AVSIM listed as "Phoenix Mission v.4 Brian Jones 2182k 212 04-Jun-2008" which is an update from the version currently shown.

[lukoshke]

It's such a shame they lost contact with Phoenix Lander on November 2nd, 2008. Let's just hope our phoenix will reborn after the winter season in Mars.

[buzzrdface]

I'll be forever amazed that men and women can shoot a probe into space, wait a few months or years, then have it SAFELY LAND exactly where they wanted it to be.

[valberm]

man, we're the aliens.

[Armigo91]

what version of orulex do you use for orbiter and how do you resurface generated terrain. Cause my orulex generates hills on planets but they are not surfaced. My surface ceiling is therefore below high terrain causing glitchy graphics.

Im not sure if its possible at all and maybe i can just only land at outposts but i want to land at empty terrain without visual glitches. I hope you can help me out.

[rbrad745]

errr..now that was difficult..

[WeAreTheRobots]

I've "lived it ten times or more", but still enjoying it.

[WeAreTheRobots]

Nice, classic ad hominem attack with zero arguments.

Show us the NASA press release, or even better, the papers.

If you are talking about the new paper about meteorite ALH84001 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta of last year, well, I read the paper. While the evidence is compelling, the case is not yet totally settled. More tests are required.

Meanwhile, the world awaits for your data of high atmospheric pressures on Mars.

[WeAreTheRobots]

Wow, this is just funny.

For example, try to prove now that there is no life in Enceladus.

You can't. And even if you send 100 probes under the surface of Enceladus and find no life, that doesn't mean there is no life there.

If you cannot prove there is no life, that doesn't mean there is. You have fallen in even yet another fallacy.

If you post here,you should know that anyone can comment on your posts. If you feel stalked, maybe it's due to your lack of evidence for your claims.

[WeAreTheRobots]

Dude, get a life and read actual science.

And who cares if you don't read messages that I'm not going to send you anyway?

[WeAreTheRobots]

I do it everyday, dude. It's part of the life of a scientist.

[WeAreTheRobots]

Excellent, you failed to provide a single piece of evidence for your case. Just assertions, zero data.

And you should think twice before telling someone you don't know to read a paper, even more if you don't understand basic physics.