The Phoenix Mars Mission is easily one of the most exciting space missions in quite some time, and they have certainly provided a variety of methods to follow all the fun, which might be why it has been such an exciting project.

You can keep up with the all the action via the mission’s [ blogs ] or the Mars Phoenix [ Twitter ].

For those of you who like to watch the movie, rather then read the book, the Phoenix mission team published a ton of video clips to [ iTunes U ]. The videos cover various aspects of the launch as well as the landing. There are also five “Open House” lectures posted that cover various background aspects of the mission led by Victor R. Baker, William Boynton, Alfred McEwen, Alfred Quiroz, and Peter Smith.

You can download individual videos, grab them all at once, or subscribe to them podcast-style so that any new videos posted will be downloaded automatically to iTunes. And, of course, you can sync them for viewing on your iPod—perhaps for watching during your daily commute, or perhaps when work threatens to bore you to death. No matter which way you watch, the three dozen or so videos should get you your Mars fix… for now.