Schedule of Activities

Mars Day Event Map

TIME	ACTIVITY	LOCATION
10:00 am – 3:00 pm	A PIECE OF MARS See a real meteorite that came from Mars with scientists from the National Museum of Natural History.	Milestones of Flight gallery 1st Floor
10:00 am – 11:30 am	WATER ON MARS Learn about the history of water on Mars with planetary scientist Ross Irwin.	Milestones of Flight gallery 1st Floor
11:30 am – 1:00 pm	MARS RADAR Learn how to see beneath the surface of Mars with planetary scientist Bruce Campbell.	Milestones of Flight gallery 1st Floor
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	MARS ON EARTH Hear about geologic features that are common to both Earth and Mars and what we can learn from them with planetary geologist Bob Craddock.	Milestones of Flight gallery 1st Floor
10:00 am – 3:00 pm	POLAR PLACES Learn how Antarctica can be a laboratory for studying Mars with planetary scientists Gareth Morgan, Maria Banks, and Michelle Selvans.	Welcome Center 1st Floor
10:00 am – 3:00 pm	NASA MARS MISSIONS Learn about NASA's missions of exploration with NASA's Jim Green, director, Planetary Science Division, and Doug McCuistion, director, Mars Exploration Program.	Milestones of Flight gallery 1st Floor
10:00 am – 3:00 pm	MARS ART! Children's art activity.	Space Race gallery 1st Floor
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm	IMAGES FROM HiRISE See amazingly detailed views of Mars from the HiRISE high resolution imager on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter with planetary scientist Gareth Morgan.	Moving Beyond Earth gallery 1st Floor
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm	MARSIS Learn about radar mapping of Mars on the European Mars Express mission, with planetary scientist Tom Watters.	Moving Beyond Earth gallery 1st Floor
10:00 am – 1:00 pm	GALE CRATER Tour Curiosity's landing site and learn about the rocks and minerals we may find there with planetary scientists Jim Zimbelman and Steve Scheidt.	Milestones of Flight gallery 1st Floor
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY, CURIOSITY Learn about the next rover about to land on Mars with MSL Science Team member John Grant.	Milestones of Flight gallery 1st Floor
10:00 am – 3:00 pm	ROBOT EXPLORERS Test your skills as you maneuver a robotic rover or collect samples with a robotic arm. A hands-on activity with small robots.	Welcome Center 1st Floor
1:30 pm	RED PLANET QUIZ SHOW A lively contest with prizes, hosted by Martian of Ceremonies Meghan McCarthy.	Looking at Earth gallery 1st Floor
11:00 am – 12:00 pm	MARS TOUR Tour the terrain of Mars using an immersive Google Mars display with planetary science intern Meghan McCarthy.	Moving Beyond Earth gallery 1st Floor
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm	IMAGES OF MARS IN 3-D View the surface of Mars in 3-D with red/blue glasses.	Space Race gallery 1st Floor
11:00 am	MARS STORY TIME Story time for youngsters.	Exploring The Planets gallery 2nd Floor
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	MARS EXPLORATION ROVER See a full-scale model of the rovers currently on Mars and learn about the ongoing mission with planetary scientist Ross Irwin.	Exploring The Planets gallery 2nd Floor
10:00 am – 1:00 pm	REGIONAL PLANETARY IMAGE FACILITY Learn about the National Air and Space Museum's Regional Planetary Image Facility, a NASA-funded archive of planetary imagery.	Space Race gallery 1st Floor
10:30 am	MARS ABOVE AND BELOW See Mars from Earth and from orbit in an informative planetarium presentation.	Albert Einstein Planetarium 2nd Floor
	Mars Day! activities will end at 3:00 pm