Mars landing

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Mars landing

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Original model rendering of Mars landing in this project; an unofficial artistic interpretation
Offline rendering of this project’s models with illustrative lighting; not a real-world photograph. Image credits

Mars landing

Land on a detailed, illustrative Martian landscape inspired by Gale Crater. Watch Mickey and Donald walk and hop under Mars gravity, deploy the six-wheel rover, and follow your location on the Mars map. Collect the rover and return to Hong Kong when you are ready.

What can I do here?

Explore red dunes, layered rocks and an authored landscape inspired by Gale Crater. Deploy a helicopter scout or tracked cave robot from Devices, or drive through simulated dust weather and look for fictional underground Martians at caves and hatches; nearby encounters offer interaction controls.

Can I land, walk and deploy a rover?

Yes. This journey opens at an illustrative landing area. Choose a tool from Exploration devices, then explore and track your position on the local map.

Which exploration missions can I try?

Available tools depend on the world. Each expedition has two checkpoints: follow the gold beacon, map diamond and panel direction/distance to the next target. These devices are available here:

  • Six-wheel rover — Six-wheel suspension · scan two outcrops
  • Mars helicopter — Two aerial survey sectors · R/F altitude
  • Cave robot — Inspect the entrance and inner chamber · tracks and headlights
  • Jetpack — High vantage survey with the crew · R/F climb and land
  • Hopping probe — Record two gravity hop landings · hold Space
  • Robot dog — Inspect two crew-route checkpoints · remote or follow
  • Two-seat Moon buggy — Crew transport and return · seated or chase camera
  • Exploration shuttle — Survey and land at a distant site · R/F altitude

At the target, release movement, altitude and steering controls and let the device settle before scanning, inspecting or confirming arrival. Recording takes three seconds. Leaving range, climbing, descending, turning, parking or collecting cancels an unfinished recording; Pause freezes progress. Aerial surveys also require the height shown on the panel.

Landing tasks require flight followed by actual ground contact in the target area; hovering just above the ground does not count as landing. The hopping probe uses each world’s gravity, and only landings in the marked zone earn credit. Distances, heights and survey records are simulated, not scientific measurements.

Open the Simulated expedition log to review checkpoints, or use Exploration journal to reopen a visited destination. Completed checkpoints are saved in this browser for later visits, including after visiting another world or reloading; positions and unfinished scans are not saved. If the browser cannot save records, they last only until the page closes. Clearing site data or closing a private session may remove them. Collect the current device before changing tools. Returning to Earth also waits for device collection.

How do I control the journey and return?

Use the bottom controls to switch views, pause or reset the view. Drive the rover with WASD or arrow keys and hold the left mouse button to look around; touch controls are available on phones.

The journey stays at the destination until you choose Return to Earth. During surface exploration, use the collect/return controls to bring the rover back before departure.

How do I use the telescope and take photos?

Switch to the rocket cabin and open the telescope. Hold the left mouse button to drag or use WASD to aim. Q zooms out, E zooms in; the wheel and on-screen buttons also work. Press Space or the photo button to capture the current view, then download a PNG or use sharing supported by your device. Esc closes the telescope.

Choose an available celestial body from Track target to keep it centred as it moves, then adjust magnification from 1–100×. A View obstructed message means another body blocks the sightline; tracking does not see through it.

Drag, use WASD or the direction controls, or choose Manual aim to release tracking while keeping the current direction and magnification. Reset telescope restores the initial direction and 1×. Photos work in both tracking and manual modes.

Astronomy background

Mars is a rocky planet with a thin atmosphere, lower gravity than Earth and dust storms.

What is fictional?

The green Martians, underground homes and encounters are invented. The local terrain and rover route are artistic, not live Curiosity telemetry or a surveyed landing site.

Are the positions live?

The solar-system overview and navigation map use Astronomy Engine to calculate positions for the date and time captured when the world opens. This fixed snapshot is not continuously refreshed. Display distances are compressed; local terrain, spacecraft routes, cloud patterns and most moon animations are illustrative. Dashboard speed and Earth distance describe the simulated journey, not a real spacecraft.

References

Mars map: Solar System Scope / INOVE · CC BY 4.0 · converted to WebP.