Professional papers of Peter Hollingsworth Smith, Professor
Emeritus, University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. The collection
predominantly documents the development of scientific instruments and the project
management of missions to the planet Mars including Pathfinder, the Mars Surveyor
Program and the Phoenix Mars Mission. The papers include extensive research
materials, data, correspondence, publications, grant proposals, workshops and
conferences, education and public outreach activities and media coverage.
Collection Number
MS 605
Language:
Materials are in English.
Repository
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu
Biographical Note
Peter Smith is the son of Dr. Hugh H. Smith and Mary Royhl Smith; along with brother Robert R. Smith, the family came to Tucson, AZ from New York in 1954. Smith attended school in Tucson graduating from Tucson High School in 1965. His first 2 years of college were at Occidental College in Eagle Rock, CA but in 1967 he transferred to the University of California Berkeley majoring in physics and graduated in 1969. During his senior year he worked with one of the most influential mentors in his career, Dr. Sumner P. Davis, serving as a lab technician in his Spectroscopy laboratory.
Through Davis’s connections, he found a job at the University of Hawaii in the Rocket Spectroscopy Lab. The goal was to send a spectrograph into space on a sounding rocket launched from White Sands Missile Range in NM. The science involved taking spectra of solar prominences in the middle UV that is absorbed in our atmosphere. Several instruments were designed, built, tested and flown in the 5 years that he was employed at UH. This turned out to be a crucial apprenticeship introducing Smith to all aspects of space instrument development.
Returning to Tucson, Smith continued his education at the University of Arizona Optical Sciences Center graduating with a master's degree in 1977. During his time there he worked with the Pioneer imaging project analyzing images of Jupiter and its moons. The team was preparing for the encounter with Saturn that would take place in September 1979. Despite having completed the coursework for PhD, Smith took 6 months off to travel to Nepal and India. He wouldn’t complete his doctorate until 2009.
Smith has been employed at the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory since 1978, starting as a Research Assistant and progressing step-by-step to a tenured professor. During this period, Smith participated in many of the seminal space missions that have explored the solar system.
During the Pioneer Venus mission in 1978, Smith created models of the energy sources that heat the surface of Venus to 870 degrees. Pioneer Saturn, in 1979, initiated nearly a decade of study of outer-planet atmospheres, particularly for Jupiter and Titan. Mysterious, cloud-enshrouded Titan became the focus for Smith's research which led to observations and mapping of the solid surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, using the Hubble Space Telescope in 1994.
Working with Dr. Martin Tomasko, the PI of the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer (DISR) and a second influential mentor, Smith was named the Project Manager responsible for the delivery of the camera to the Huygens Probe Facility in Europe. The mission, launched in 1997, would send the probe into Titan’s atmosphere at high velocity and upon slowing release a parachute to slowly descend to the surface. The mission and DISR operated nearly flawlessly in early 2005 returning the first close-up images of Titan's surface. In addition, a detailed analysis of Titan’s clouds was performed.
In 1993, Smith started his association with the Red Planet after his Imager for Mars Pathfinder camera proposal was accepted by NASA for the Pathfinder mission. As the first lander to reach Mars since the two Viking missions in 1976, there was tremendous public interest as the camera returned the first images from the Martian surface on July 4, 1997. Day-by-day images of the alien landscape explored by the bread-box-sized Sojourner Rover were featured on the front pages of newspapers and on the TV news networks. Since then, Smith has built cameras for the Mars Polar Lander mission that crashed on the Martian surface in December 1999. Later, the 2001 and 2003 Surveyor missions were cancelled because of the loss of Mars Polar Lander, grounding more UA-built cameras.
Despite these setbacks, Smith has continued to associate with Mars missions and is serving on the science team for the Mars Exploration Rovers that landed in January 2004. He also helped build the microscope for Beagle 2, a European lander that also failed to return data upon its arrival to Mars in December 2003. Smith spent nearly two years managing the building of the 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE camera at Ball Aerospace for which Dr. Alfred McEwen of the UA is the Principal Investigator.
In fall 2003, after one and a half years of proposal development, Smith's Phoenix project was selected as the first Scout mission to Mars after a competitive NASA selection process. The mission, considered low cost at $420 million, was led by Smith as PI, he has been fully responsible for all aspects of the mission delegating major portions of the development to the Jet Propulsion Lab and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft launched August 4, 2007 and landed on the northern polar region of Mars on May 25, 2008. The lander conducted science experiments for 5 months while operated from a secure building provided by the UA. This mission has been an important part of NASA's search for life in our solar system. The Phoenix name recalls the mythological bird that rises from the ashes of his predecessor. The Phoenix mission uses the mothballed 2001 Surveyor lander with rebuilt instruments developed for both that mission and the failed Polar Lander mission.
Although Smith formally retired from the UA in July 2013, he continues working on several projects. He is a co-investigator (originally the Instrument Scientist for the imaging package) on the OSIRIS-Rex mission that operates from the same facility as the Phoenix mission. The mission launched in September 2016 and will encounter the asteroid Bennu in 2019. Samples will be gathered and returned to Earth for analysis in 2023.
Smith started a small business, Space Exploration Instruments, in 2013 that makes imaging systems for small satellites. In addition to making parts, Smith is a co-investigator on the MOXIE instrument that is scheduled to launch to Mars in 2020. Its goal is to chemically convert the carbon dioxide atmosphere of Mars to oxygen, in preparation for future human missions.
Timeline (created 2018)
1965: Graduated from Tucson High School
1969: Graduated BA in Physics from UC Berkeley
1969-1974: Worked in Rocket Spectroscopy Lab at U Hawaii
1977: Graduates MS in Optical Sciences, UA Tucson
1978: Pioneer Venus mission- models of energy sources that heat the surface of Venus to 870 degrees
1979: Pioneer Saturn- study of outer planet atmospheres, particularly Jupiter and Titan
1980-1985: Searched for extra-solar planets using the radial velocity method
1989-2006: Huygens Probe on CASSINI: co-investigator on Descent Imaging team
1993: Smith’s proposal for mars Imager accepted by NASA for Pathfinder mission
1993-1998: PI of the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) experiment
1994: Mapping Titan- observing and mapping of solid surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon using the Hubble Space Telescope
1995-1999: Co-I for the imaging systems on Mars Polar Lander
1997: First images in 20 years returned from Martian Surface July 4 by Smith’s IMP camera showing rocky surface and Sojourner Rover
1998-2000: Co-I for the MECA experiment microscope and PI of the robotic arm camera for the Mars Surveyor 2001 mission
1999: Mars Polar Lander, with cameras built by Smith crashed on Mars in December
2001: Surveyor mission cancelled after loss of Mars Polar Lander
2001-2006: Co-investigator on the AMICA team for the Japanese Hayabusa mission to a near-earth asteroid, Itokawa, a sample-return mission
2001-2003: Project Manager for the HiRISE telescope on the MRO mission
2002-present: Co-I of the MER science team
2003-2010: PI for the Phoenix Scout mission to Mars
2003: Smith helps build microscope for Beagle 2, European lander that failed to return data upon arrival to Mars in December
2003: Smith’s Phoenix project selected as first Scout mission to Mars by NASA
2004: Mars Exploration rovers landed on Mars in January
2005: Huygens mission, Smith co-I for descent camera for Huygens mission to surface of Titan, first close-up images of Titan’s surface
2007: Phoenix Spacecraft launched August 4
2008: May 25, Phoenix mission landed inside the arctic circle of Mars
2008-2013: Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair of Integrated Science
2009: Graduates PhD in Optical Sciences, UA Tucson
2011-2013: Instrument Scientist on OSIRIS-REx, an asteroid mission
2013-present: OSIRIS-REx, co-investigator
2013: Creation of Space Exploration Instruments, LLC
2014-present: MOXIE co-I
Scope and Content Note
The Peter Smith papers, 1970-2017 (bulk 1993-2008) encompass Smith’s professional
career at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and early work in
the Optical Sciences Department. The primary focus is on the research, project
management and publicity of mars missions conducted in collaboration with NASA and
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech.
The bulk of the collection, 31 cartons, document the Mars Pathfinder Program. Smith
was the Principal Investigator for the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) project,
along with co-investigators: Robert Singer (UA), Martin Tomasko (UA), Lyn Doose
(UA), Daniel Britt (UA), Larry Soderblom (USGS), H. Uwe Keller (MPAe, Germany), J.
M. Knudsen (Orsted Inst., Denmark), and Industrial Partner Martin Marietta
Technologies Inc. The series includes two subseries: Research, Data and Project
files (presentations, team meeting materials and notes, monthly management reviews,
correspondence, scientific specifications, technical drawings, design reviews,
calibration materials) and Proposals (grant proposals, contracts, financial
information).
Similar research materials are found in Series 2: Mars Surveyor Program. The Mars
Surveyor Program is broken into two series: Surveyor ’98 and Surveyor ’01. Smith
served as Co-Investigator for the Mars Volatiles and Climate Surveyor (MVACS)
program for the Surveyor ’98 mission, which included an integrated scientific
payload containing a Stereo Surface Imager, Robotic Arm and Robotic Arm Camera,
Meteorology Package, and a Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA). The Surveyor
2001 mission was cancelled when the Mars Surveyor ’98 Lander crashed on Mars. Smith
was the Co-Investigator for the MECA experiment microscope (Microscopy,
Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer) and Primary Investigator of the robotic
arm camera (RAC) for the Mars Surveyor 2001 mission. For both subseries, the
collection focuses largely on the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) and the Surface Stereo
Imager (SSI).
Series 3 contains research, data and project files related to the Phoenix Mars
Mission, a $240 million project led by Smith as Principal Investigator. This mission
generated a lot of public attention and was widely publicized, collateral, press and
media related to Phoenix are contained in subsequent series. The Phoenix Mars
Mission “rose up from the ashes” of the previous missions to mars, meaning that work
product from Surveyor ’98 and ’01 was used to support this mission and the term
“heritage” or “heritage review” is used to refer to those materials.
Series 4: Other Missions covers materials dating back to the 1970s including the
Pioneer Venus and Pioneer Saturn missions, Galileo, Cassini-Huygens, Beagle 2, Mars
Exploration Rover, HiRISE, and OSIRIS-REx. Named projects are included in Subseries
1: Other Missions, and research materials from unidentifiable, single folder or
smaller projects are contained in Subseries 2: Research, Data, Projects.
Drafts of grants and proposals for funded and non-funded projects are in Series 5.
This includes proposals that Smith participated with, but also those submitted by
other colleagues.
Drafts of publications authored by Smith and peer reviews of colleague research is
found in Series 6. This includes academic articles, books and a few reviews of grant
proposals.
Smith traveled extensively to National and International conferences and participated
in many professional organizations. Series 7 includes conference programs,
presentations, edited volumes, workshop materials and other information about
special events.
Less than one carton of materials considered personal are a found in this collection.
Series 7: Personal Correspondence and Ephemera includes a small folder of personal
correspondence, awards, a letter from Senator John McCain, a signed portrait of
astronaut Story Musgrave, and a Smith family portrait.
Series 9: Press/Clippings Outreach and Education is predominately related to the Mars
Pathfinder and Phoenix Mars Missions, which received extensive media coverage.
Includes original magazine articles, newspapers, photocopies and prints of online
articles, photographs and slides, bumper stickers and memorabilia, K-12 education
and outreach projects, launch parties and UA campus exhibits (including some
dismantled exhibit panels).
The audiovisual, digital and magnetic media contained in Series 10 is also largely
related to publicity and outreach activities and include many commercially produced
broadcasts about Mars by outlets such as PBS, The Discovery Channel, and National
Geographic. Series 10 is divided by media type into Subseries 1: VHS Tapes,
Subseries 2: CDs and DVDs, and Subseries 3: Other formats (videocassettes, magnetic
computer tape, 3 ¼ inch floppies, mini-DVDs and zip drives). A very small portion of
the digital and magnetic media contain computer files or data such as computer
backups. There are three reels of magnetic computer tape that contain some of the
earliest data from the Hubble Space Telescope (1990, 1992). Digital media/storage
was not removed from folders in other series where it was necessary to preserve
context.
A small selection of materials related to other series are housed in oversize boxes
or map files outlined in Series 11. Two boxes of materials, Series 12, are
restricted due to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), materials
labeled “Export Controlled” and materials and files marked as proprietary.
Key to Abbreviations
MECA- Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity
Analyzer
Series XII is restricted to the public and series I-IV may be restricted. Please contact the Director of Special Collections for more information.
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Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Smith, Peter H., 1947-.
Corporate Name(s)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(U.S.).
United States. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration-History.
University of Arizona--Lunar and
Planetary Laboratory--History.
Bulk of materials are from 1993-1997. Proposals and grant materials separated
from the research materials. Additional press, outreach and audio-visual
materials found in subsequent series. Note: This series is temporarily
restricted to researchers pending review.
Science Team Meeting, Mission Operations notes,
May-July, 1993
25
2
Team Meeting, Oct., 1993
25
3
Landing site workshop, April, 1994
25
4
MESUR Science and Instruments, 1993
25
5-8
Calibration and testing, 1994-1995
box
folder
26
1-2
IMP photographs, bumper stickers, in album, Vol. 1, Part 1-2.
Images of Flight IMP after JPL Flectron Wrap and Reapair at UofA,
June 1996, 1996-1997, undated
26
3
SSI/RAC, 2001 Microscope Assembly, photographs, negatives, in
album, circa 1997, 2001, undated
26
4
Pathfinder: Closeout photographs, Kennedy Space
Center, 1996
The Mars Surveyor Program is broken into two series: Surveyor ’98 and
Surveyor ’01. Note: This series is temporarily restricted to researchers
pending review.
Files kept in original order except for grants and proposal which were
separated and organized chronologically at the beginning (Box 33-34).
Most folders organized as a working file with the most recent materials
in the front.
box
folder
33
1
Surveyor '98, Proposal, UCLA, 1994
33
2-3
Announcement of Opportunity6, Surveyor Lander and Orbiter
Missions Science Instruments, 1995
33
4
MVACS Startup grant, JPL, notes, 1995
33
5
Startup proposal, contracts, JPL, 1995
33
6
NASA proposal, MVACS, Vol. 1, 1995
33
7
Proposal, integrated science payload, 1995
33
8
Mars '98 Polar Ice Surveyor, Investigationa and Technical
Plan, 1995
33
9-10
Proposal, Surface & Atmosphere of Mars Integrated Payload
(SAMI), Vol. 1-2, 1995
33
11
Hughes Space & Communications, proposal to JPL, lander
flight system, 1995
33
12-13
Surface and Atmospheere of Mars Integrated Payload (SAMI),
NASA proposal (1 3 1/4 floppy disk), 1995
33
14
MVACS, Integrated Payload Proposal, 1995
33
15
MVACS Startup contract for UA Built SSI/RAC, JPL, 1995
Files kept in original order except for grant proposals that were
separated and organized chronologically at the beginning (Box 47). Most
folders organized as a working file with the most recent materials in
the front.
box
folder
47
7
Request for Proposals, JPL, 1997
47
8
SSI, RAC Proposals, 1998
47
9
MECA Proposal, Science Plan, 1997-1998
47
10
NASA Proposal Information Packet, Mars 2001, circa 1998
47
11
RAC Memoradun of Agreement, use of residual RAC parts from
JPL MSP '98 and MSP '01, 1998
47
12
Proposal, Mars Oasis Detector, 3 1/4 floppies
(x3)1, 2001
47
13
Mars Oasis, Paragon, 2001
47
14
Proposal Information Package, Participating
Scientists, circa 1998
47
15
Rockhounds: An Integrated Payload, proposal, Vol.
1-2, 1997
47
16
Rockhounds, integrated payload team, 1997
47
17
Kickoff meeting, 1994
47
18
Gamma ray spectrometer, modification, 1997
47
19
Lander camera, 1997
47
20
Orbiter, 1997
47
21
RAC FM, acceptance data package, 1997
box
folder
48
1-2
LRAC, MECA experiments, CCD Electronics, FM Documentation,
Max-Planck-Institut, 1999
48
3
MECA Project Documents, March, 1999
48
4-5
Spacecraft Integration, Test, Launch and Operations Plan Vol.
2, Denver Operations, June, 1999
48
6-7
Critical Design Review, Book 2-3, October, 1998
48
8
Critical Design Review, Book 1, April, 1999
48
9
MECA Electrical Specification Document, 1998
48
10
RAC/FM End Item Data, 1997-1999
48
11-12
Mars Surveyor Program '03: Mars Sample Return, project
file, 1999-2001
48
13
Camera team, Sintered SiC Technology,
Boostec/Astrium-France, 2000-2001
This series includes the research and project management aspects of the
program, with a focus on the RAS and SSI. Extensive press, outreach and
audio-visual materials are found in subsequent series. Contents roughly in
original order with folders organized as working files with the most recent
materials in front. Note: This series is temporarily restricted to
researchers pending review.
box
folder
52
14
Mars Scout 2002 proposal, 2002
52
15
Proposal, Step 1, 2002
52
16
Proposal, Step 2, 2002-2003
52
17
General proposals, 2005
52
18
MOU with Niels Bohr Institute, NASa, UA, University of Aarhus,
signed original, 2005
52
19
Budgets, 2006-2007
52
20
Budgets, 2007-2008
52
21
All Team Kickoff meeting, Sept., 2003
52
22
Science Team Meetings, 2003-2005
box
folder
53
1
Scout Kickoff meeting, 2002
53
2
Starsys Research, gear motor test certificate of
compliance, 2005
Pioneer Venus and Pioneer Saturn missions, Galileo, Cassini-Huygens, Beagle
2, Mars Exploration Rover, HiRISE, and OSIRIS-REx. Subseries 2 contains
remaining research materials in the collection. Note: This series is
temporarily restricted to researchers pending review.
Barbara E. Carlson, Review, Vertical Cloud Structure Models
of Jupiter, 1986
65
13
LIZ Colloquium, Jupiter's Polar Haze, 1986
65
14
19th Annual Meeting, Division of Planetary Sciences, American
Astronomical Society, Pasadena, Jupiter's Stratospheric Haze at High
Latituted (Smith, Tomasko), 1987
65
15
Paper, Icarus: Models of Jupiter's Haze, Tomasko,
Smith, 1989-1990
65
16
Review: Jupiter's atmospheric structure..., D. M.
Kuehn, 1992
65
17
Jupiter/Titan, American Geophysical Union,
conference, 1993
Model atmosphere of Venus, data, notes, some reference to
1960s work, 1980s
76
8-9
Scattering from Non-Spherical Particles,
Spheroids, circa 1980
76
10
History of the Imaging Photopolarimeter (IPP), circa 1980
76
11
NASA, brochure, Pioneer Class Missions and Other Planetary
Initiatives, circa 1980
76
12-13
Class/Research notes: cosmic ray shocks, stellar radiation
and the rate of accretion, cosmic ray driving winds, Papua New
Guinea University of Technology, 1980s
NASA, Requirements for Soldered Electrical Connections,
student workbook, 1992
77
12
Mosting A, moon data, 1992
77
13
Bob Singer, Martian Weather, notes, 1992
77
14
Atlas of Mars, Ken Herkenhoff, USGS, 1992-1993
77
15
Mercury's atmosphere, 1993
77
16
Volcanic features of Hawaii and other worlds, slides,
pamphlet, Peter Mouginis-Mark, 1993
77
17-21
Multimission Image Processing System (MIPS), Laboratory,
Video Information Communication and Retrieval (VICAR), Operational
Science Analysis, 1992-1993
77
22
Michael I. Mishchenko, correspondence,
information, 1994
Drafts of grants and proposals for funded and non-funded projects. This
includes proposals that Smith participated with, but also those submitted by
other colleagues. Organized topically and chronologically.
box
folder
81
10
Proposal to LPL, Search for Low Mass Companions of Solar-Type
Stars Using a Fabry-Perot Spectrometer, Smith, 1981
81
11
Final Report, Contract NAS2-6265, Imaging Photopolarimeter in
Modes 3, 4, 1981
81
12
Scattering Properties of Ammonia Ice Crystals,
Tomasko, 1984
Drafts of publications authored by Smith and peer reviews of colleague
research. This includes academic articles, books and a few reviews of grant
proposals.
box
folder
85
7
Determination of the Galilean Satellites, article by
Smith, 1977
85
8
Thermal balance, paper, 1980
85
9
Planet detection, paper, 1983
85
10
Halley's Comet, article and images, 1986
85
11
Measurements of the Optical Properties..., article and original
figure photographs, 1987
85
12
Magnetic Properties Experiments on Mars Pathfinder, Niels Bohr
Institute, 1995
85
13
Accurate Accelerometry of Solar-Type Stars, paper and data
logs, 1987-1988
85
14
The Highly Integrated Pluto Payload System "HIPPS", S. Alan
Stern, publication, 1999
85
15
Publications: HST Cycle, Microscopic Multi-Spectral Imager, Mars
at Night, Mars Society, 1996-1998
85
16
Erzsebet Merenyi, photographs and publication draft, 1993, undated
85
17
IMP experiment, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1996-1997
85
18
Mars Pathfinders, research articles, correspondence, 1997
85
19
Publications, correspondence: Downlooking Imager, Encyclopedia of
the Solar System, Pluto and the Kuiper Disk,, 1997-1998
85
20
IMP Opacity, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets,
correspondence, 1998
85
21
Pathfinder figures, charts, article, 1998
85
22
JGR-Planets, Field test paper, correspondence, 1999
85
23
Results from the Mars Pathfinder Camera, Science
paper, 1997
85
24
Compositional Changes in the Ares Vallis Region of Mars, Geoffrey
McStroul, paper, viewgraphs, 1998-1999
85
25
Blueprint for a Red Planet, book by Smith, 2001
85
26
Mars book, 2002
85
27
Towards Mars, book, project file, 2002
85
28
Martian Meteorite Studies, Ocean Hypothesis, Life on Mars, book
chapters, undated
85
29
Mars Atmospheric Constellation Observatory, E. R. Kursinski,
publication, 2002
85
30
High Resolution IR Spectrometer for the Homer Mission,
publication, 2002
85
31
Review: Detecting Extra-Solar Planets Using Radial Velocity
Techniques, William Cochran, 1986
85
32
Review: articles and grant proposals, 1986-1989
85
33
Review: Rocky 7 prototype Mars Rover field geology, 1998
85
34
Review: Jovian stratospheric hazes, 1999
85
35
Review: Discovery of an Extremely Low Amplitude Cepheid?,
Butler, 1992
Smith traveled extensively to National and International conferences and
participated in many professional organizations. Series 7 includes
conference programs, presentations, edited volumes, workshop materials and
other information about special events.
box
folder
86
6
Division for Planetary Sciences, MVAS Design, Euorpa vs Ganymede,
notes, graphs, data, 1976
86
7
University of Arizona, Computing Center Newsletter, Smith on
cover, 1978
86
8
Stellar Pulsation: A Memorial to John P. Cox, 1986
86
9
IAU Symposium No. 123, Advances in Helio- and Asteroseismology,
Denmark, 1986
86
10-11
IAU Symposium No. 132, Impact of very high S/N Spectroscopy on
Stellar Physics, abstracts and notes (Smith), Paris, 1987
86
12
27th Liege International Astrophysical Colloquium,
Belgium, 1987
86
13
Workshop: Origin and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite
Atmospheres, 1987
86
14
Conference, DPS, Germany, 1992
86
15
Workshop, Mars Surface and Atmosphere Through Time (MSATT),
LPI, 1993
86
16
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 1994
86
17
Workshop, Mars Surveyor Science Objectives and Measurements
Requirements, JPL, 1994
86
18
Conference, Division for Planetary Science, 1994, 1995
86
19
Conference, Color Imaging, Society for Imaging Science and
Technology, 1995
86
20
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 1995
86
21
Conferences/Workshops/Associations, 1995-1996
86
22
Workshop on Mars Telescopic Observations, LPI,
Houston, 1995, 1997
86
23
Workshop, The Blue Dot: Spectroscopic Search for Life on
Extrasolar Planets, NASA, 1996
86
24
Conference, European Geophysical Society, Mars Water,
Hubble, 1996
86
25
28th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences,
Tucson, 1996
86
26
Conference, SPIE, International Society for Optics and Photonics,
Orlando, 1996
86
27
Workshop, Mars aerosols, volatiles, electrical properties of
analog dust, 1996
Conference, Color Imaging, Society for Imaging Science and
Technology, contains 1 CD, 1998
box
folder
87
1
Conference, SPIE, San Jose, 1998
87
2
NASA Astrobiology Institute, 1998
87
3
Program, National Air and Space Museum, Mars the New Frontier,
lecture series, 1998
87
4
Conference, Founding Convention of the Mars Society, Boulder, 2
program books, 1998
87
5
Conference, COSPAR, Japan, 1998
87
6
Programs: European AstroFest, Mars Polar Science and Exploration
(Iceland), International Astronomical Union 24th General Assembly
(Manchester), 1998-2000
87
7
Pima Air and Space Museum, speaker series, 1999
87
8
Fifth International Conference on Mars, Pasadena, 1999
87
9
Workshop, Mars 2001: Integrated Science in Preparation for Sample
Return & Human Exploration, Houston, 1999
87
10
30th Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference,
Houston, 1999
87
11
Data Purchase Study Workshop, Tucson, 1999
87
12
Conference, Imager for Mars Pathfinder, Paris, circa 1999
87
13
3rd LPL Conference, 2000
87
14
Tucson Mars Society, 2000
87
15
Conference, 31st Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference,
Houston, 2000
87
16
Workshop, Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration, Part 1-2,
Houston, 2000
87
17
Conference, Mars Society, Toronto, 2000
87
18
Conference, Mars Society, Palo Alto, 2001
87
19
Workshop, Human/Robotic Explanation of the Solar System, Hampton,
UA, 2001
87
20
Mars Scout, Pre-Proposal, Conference notes, 2002
87
21
Conference, American Geophysical Union (AGU), talk on FIDO Rover,
with conference CD, 2002
87
22
Workshop, Visible-Infrared Spectroscopy of Mars, LPL, San
Francisco, 2002
87
23
Workshop, Mars Infrared Spectroscopy, LPL, 2002
87
24
Museum of the North, launch event, 2007
box
folder
92A
5
Phoenix: Program, 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Texas, 2008
Less than one carton of materials considered personal are a found in this
collection. Series 7: Personal Correspondence and Ephemera includes a small
folder of personal correspondence, awards, a letter from Senator John
McCain, a signed portrait of astronaut Story Musgrave, and a Smith family
portrait.
box
folder
87
25
Personal Correspondence, incoming, 1970-2010
87
26
Letter from Smith to Optical Sciences Center requesting his
Master's Thesis be waived in light of extensive
publications, 1977
87
27
Personal ephemera, drawings, photos, comical fake
awards,, 1980-2010
87
28
Wyko, Collimated Reference Source, advertisement for product
designed by Smith, circa 1985
87
29
Story Musgrave, signed print, circa 1995
87
30
Mars poem to "There Once Was a Man From Nantucket", by
Smith, circa 1997
87
31
Awards, 1997-2008
87
32
Letter from Senator John McCain, Commercial Space
Act, 1998
87
33
General correspondence, incoming, 1998-2002
87
34
Graphic story/cartoon, features Peter Smith, Technology
Review, 2007
box
93
Monthly calendars with scheduled activities, 1997-2004
Predominantly related to the Mars Pathfinder and Phoenix Mars Missions, which
received extensive media coverage. Includes original magazine articles,
newspapers, photocopies and prints of online articles, photographs and
slides, bumper stickers and memorabilia, K-12 education and outreach
projects, launch parties and UA campus exhibits (including some dismantled
exhibit panels).
box
folder
87
35
Clippings 1979-1981
87
36
Aviation Week, Mars and Realities of Near-Term
Exploration, 1993
87
37
Pathfinder: Education materials, MESUR and general, 1993-1996
87
38
Mars Garden/Mars-Scape, Space Sciences Building, UA, 1994
Exhibit panels: Mars '98 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI), text and
images, circa 1998
93
Mars themed collateral and commercial items: Hot Wheels Action
Pack: JPL Returns to Mars; Dune Craft: Space Sand, Just Like Sand From
Mars!; 3D slide viewer, Phoenix bumper stickers, circa 2007
box
94
Exhibit panels: Phoenix: MECA, TEGA, photographs, drawings,
charts, text, 2007
box
95
Rocks, pigments and soil samples from Earth to compare with
samples from mars (through a camera). With research materials: An
Investigation of a Possible Martian Surface Spectral and Magnetic
Analogue, by Robert J. Reid, 1994., 1994, undated
box
10
Phoenix: Stuffed animal (toy), green alien in black robe, circa 2007
Mostly publicity and outreach activities including many commercially produced
broadcasts about Mars by outlets such as PBS, The Discovery Channel, and
National Geographic. A very small portion of the digital and magnetic media
contain computer files or data such as computer backups. Formats include
VHS, CDs, DVDs, 3 ¼ inch floppy disks, Iomega zip drives, magnetic computer
tape, and Betacam, Mini-DV and Video 8 videocassettes.
Sixty-one videocassettes. Includes commercially produced material and
home recordings of news and media coverage. Item level description,
organized chronologically.
box
96
Partial inventory of VHS tapes, undated
96
Tape 1: Deployments, 1-3, undated
96
Tape 2: Deployments, 4-6, undated
96
Life on Mars?, NASA Space Series, 40 minutes, circa 1995
96
Mars Twisters, Mars Camera, Sally/Agneiska, Field test day 1,
June 4, 2001, tape 1 of 5, 2001
96
Mars Twisters, Mars Camera, Sally/Agneiska, Field
test/interview, June 6, 2001, tape 2 of 5, 2001
96
Mars Twisters, Mars Camera, Sally/Agneiska, Field
test/interview, June 6, 2001, tape 3 of 5, 2001
96
Mars Twisters, Mars Camera, Sally/Agneiska, Field
test/interview, June 6, 2001, tape 4 of 5, 2001
96
Mars Twisters, Mars Camera, Sally/Agneiska, Field
test/interviews, June 6, 2001, tape 5 of 5, 2001
96
NASA Ames Intelligent Mechanisms Group, Stereo Pipeline Demo
footage, no sound, UoA IMP Sand Box, Rocky7 Rover Roundup,
Zbinden/Schwette, April, 1997
96
DPS/Tucson, Mars Observer clip, A2, Illustrated, October
28, 1996
96
Planet Fest, 58 min 10 seconds, 1997
96
Gateway to mars, Copperstate Chronicles, undated
96
Distinguished Lecture Series, From Rust to Dust: A Martian
Chronicle, P. Smith, May 27, 1 hour 3 minutes, 1998
96
Brent Bos Video of Matador Field Test, June 6-7, 2001
96
NASA Ames Intelligent Mechanisms Group, Stereo Pipeline Demo
footage, no sound, UoA IMP Sand Box, Rocky7 Rover Roundup,
Zbinden/Schwette, April, undated
96
Malin/Edgett, JPL Press Conference, Layers on Mars, Dec.
4, 2000
96
NASA Press Conference, Life on Mars? Aug. 6, 1996
96
Challenger Learning Center, Arizona Illustrated, KUAT, May
26, Media Watch, Inc., 1999
96
Solar System Explorers Wanted: Share Your Knowledge, JPL, 10
min 24 seconds, 2000
96
Mars Virtual Exploration Control Center, 6
minutes, undated
96
Titan film, undated
96
NASA Press Conference (Malin/Edgett), Signs of Recent Water
on Mars, June 22, 2000
96
UA News Services Presents: Mars Garden and DPS, with
rover, undated
96
Nanotechnology Task, JPL, 6 min 35 seconds, Sept.
30, 1998
96
Girl Scout clip, 2 minutes, undated
96
KUAT, Peter Smith, Aug. 31, undated
96
Mars Young Report, undated
96
Royal Rumble, Surviving Mars, undated
96
Nova Mars, Jan. 4, 2005
96
The Martian Antarctic and ABC World News Tonight with Peter
Jennings, NASA, LPI & SETI, 5 minutes 36 sec, undated
96
Inside Space, Episode # 9715 Pathfinder Preview, June
26, 1997
96
Pathfinder Launch, 1996
96
Pathfinder Launch, special, 50 minutes, 1996
96
Planet Fest, 58 minutes 10 seconds, 1997
96
Planet Fest, IMP Video, 1997
96
Pathfinder DPS, undated
96
Mars Pathfinder Mission, Engineering Update to Dr. Ed Stone
using footage of various tests, May 16, 9 minutes, 1995
96
Muirhead Demo, for Directors Review: Tribute to Mars
Pathfinder, Black and White Pan of Landing Site, Spacecraft Descent
to landing Site Animation, Rover View of Martian Surface Flyover,
July 14, 5 minutes 10 seconds, 1997
box
97
Imager for Mars Pathfinder, overview video, Planet Fest, 4
minutes, 1997
97
IMP, JPL, ST4, June, 1996
97
UA MPP [Mars Polar Pathfinder] scope, June 29, 1994
97
Mars Landing, NHK, 1997
97
Mars Pathfinder Launch News Coverage, AVC-97-092, JPL, 10
minutes, 1997
97
Mars Pathfinder Mission, Version 3 Oct., 11 minutes 22
seconds, 1995
97
MPP [Mars Polar Pathfinder], Video #1, undated
97
Passport to Knowledge, Live From Mars, Program 1 "Countdown",
PBS and NASA, Geoff Haines-Stiles Productions Inc., 57 minutes 30
seconds, air date Nov. 19, 1996
97
Passport to Knowledge, Live From Mars, Program 101
"Countdown", Revision, 60 minutes, circa 1996
CDs and DVDs including commercially produced broadcasts and press
coverage, backups of some of the VHS collection, and backed up computer
files including grant proposals. Description of Case 1 and 2 (Box 98)
transcribed from legacy inventory and may contain some omissions.
Collection in original order and mostly described at item level.
box
folder
92A
7
Phoenix: Phoenix television specials and movies, DVDs, 2007-2009
92A
7
Phoenix: PAB promo, Celebrate Mars Slideshow, 2 compact disks, 2007-2009
box
98
Astrium, Earth Observation and Escience (EOS), Mini
DVD, undated
98
Omani Aflaaj Included in the World Heritage List, Sultanate
of Oman Television, Muscat Municipality, Director: Salim Ali
Mansour, 2006
98
Up From the Ashes: The Phoenix Mars Mission, UA MARS, 7
minutes 53 seconds, 3 DVDs, 2007
98
Phoenix Mars Mission, Parts 1-2, Arizona Public Media, 2
DVDs, 2007-2009
98
Phoenix Mission, Ten Days on Mars, NASA, presented by Peter
Smith, DVD, 2008
98
Phoenix, Entry, Descent, and Landing, NASA, presented by
Peter Smith, DVD, 2008
98
Phoenix, Mars Lander 2007, Presented by Peter Smith, NASA,
preliminary and final copies, 3 DVDs, 2007
98
1
Broadcast: Phoenix Mars Mission: Ashes to Ice, circa 2007
98
1
Broadcast: Governors Awards of Innovation, 2007
98
1
Broadcast: Arizona Technology Council: Governors Awards of
Celebration, 2008
98
1
Broadcast: Nova: Is There Life on Mars?, 2008
98
1
Broadcast: Welcome to Mars, 2008
98
1
Broadcast: KSAZ-FOX 10: Phoenix Mars Mission July 13-Aug.
4, 2007
Commercially produced media and computer backups. Includes 3 ¼ inch
floppy disks, Iomega zip drives, magnetic computer tape (early data from
Hubble Space Telescope), and Betacam, Mini-DV and Video 8
videocassettes. Organized by format.
Restricted due to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), materials
labeled “Export Controlled” and materials and files marked as
proprietary.
box
folder
102
1
Pathfinder: IMP Team Meeting, Requirements/Specifications,
documents, Feb. (Export Controlled), 1994