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| Early in the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and NASA made the decision to create relationships with venues, such as museums, science centers, and planetariums, where the public can feel a part of the Mars exploration. Education and visualization experts at JPL/NASA have worked with an alliance of science centers, museums, and other informal education partners to disseminate collections of imagery for significant exhibition displays and large-screen viewings. Participating institutions are provided special access to raw images and professional development from JPL staff. This alliance has provided the backbone of image and information dissemination from the MER mission to the informal educational venues. The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum in downtown Chicago is one of the first members of this visualization alliance. Northwestern works through Adler and its membership in the Mars Visualization Alliance to create stereocopic Mars images. This work is enabled by a joint position between Northwestern Information Technology and the Astronomy Department of the Adler Planetarium. | |||
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