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Mission to Mars Exhibit Now Open
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Posted: 1/8/2010 5:04:28 PM
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A full-scale model of the current Mars Rovers highlights the new exhibition, “Mission to Mars,” now open and on display in the Intrepid Museum’s Exploreum.
“Mission to Mars,” which is presented by the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, the Mars Public Engagement Project of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at California Institute of Technology and NASA, features a timeline of the American space program from President John F. Kennedy’s race to the moon speech to the current Rovers on Mars, and even introduces the next Mars probe, Curiosity, which will launch in March 2011. Special emphasis will be placed on the role that the USS Intrepid played while acting as a space capsule recovery ship for the Mercury 7 and Gemini 3 NASA missions.
“The exhibition Mission to Mars, and the associated educational programs, has been a great collaboration between the Intrepid and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,” offered Bryan Kwapil, Vice Presidents of Collections and Exhibits at the Intrepid. “We hope this partnership will offer our visitors an entertaining and educational museum experience as well as a greater appreciation of the amazing history of the American Space Program.”
On weekends, museum educators lead interactive, multimedia demonstrations where visitors can touch objects that include Rover artifacts, a piece of a solar panel and parachute material while videos and robotics demonstrations illustrate how Rover operates in space.
“Mission to Mars” will run through June 30, 2010 and is free with the price of admission to the museum.
For additonal information visit http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/MissiontoMars.aspx
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