Mars and the Mojave Festival

Mars and the Mojave Festival, March 9 -11, 2012. Featuring scientist and National Park Service interpreter guided field trips to analog sites, evening keynote speakers and panels, star-gazing, and an expo including mini-rover demonstrations and a 1/10th-scale model of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover. Co-sponsored by NASA Ames Research Center, the Death Valley National Park, the SAM Team at NASA Goddard, and the SETI Institute. Lucinda Land, Executive Director of the Mars Society, will be in attendance on behalf of the organization. NASA festival information Program photo credits for this photo - Steve Hall, Mars Hill and NASA. NPS festival information

Death Valley National Park Education Specialist Stephanie Kyriazis (left) introduces Dr. Tyler Nordgren (right) – The Universe at Your Feet<br />
A night in the national parks is an opportunity to sleep under the stars and see the sky the way every generation of human beings once did. But astronomy in the parks doesn't end when the sun comes up. The national parks are also a window to the other worlds of our solar system. A hike through the red rocks of Utah, or the geysers of Yellowstone is to experience the sands of Mars and ice volcanoes on a moon of Saturn. In America's national parks, come for the landscape, stay for the Universe.

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Death Valley National Park Education Specialist Stephanie Kyriazis (left) introduces Dr. Tyler Nordgren (right) – The Universe at Your Feet
A night in the national parks is an opportunity to sleep under the stars and see the sky the way every generation of human beings once did. But astronomy in the parks doesn't end when the sun comes up. The national parks are also a window to the other worlds of our solar system. A hike through the red rocks of Utah, or the geysers of Yellowstone is to experience the sands of Mars and ice volcanoes on a moon of Saturn. In America's national parks, come for the landscape, stay for the Universe.

NASA MARS SETI SAM MARS ANALOG mars hill universe rover rosalba bonaccorsi susanne douoglas andrea jones chris mckay tyler nordgren aaron zent stephanie kyriazis nasa goddard nasa ames seti institute badwater ubehebe death Valley research planets astronomy