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Mars New Year Festival 2023

Arts and Entertainment

June 8, 2023

From: Mars New Year Festival

Schedule:

Friday June 9, 2023

5:00PM-7:00PM Army National Guard Rock Wall

5:00PM-8:00PM Mars Historical Society, Original STEAM Activites & Train Rides
"Hot Wheels" Pittsburgh Glass Center demonstrations

5:30PM Special Presentation from the Pennsylvania Senate

5:30PM-6:00PM Denise Hill (NASA) "Heliophysics Big Year"

5:30PM-6:15PM 6:00PM "Build it to Blastoff" Carnegie Science Center Road Show

6:00PM Rocket Launch

6:30PM-7:00PM Nick Lang, NASA "NASA-Mars-You: How YOU can do Mars science for NASA and more!"

6:45PM-7:30PM  "Build it to Blastoff" Carnegie Science Center Road Show

8:00PM Rocket Launch
Live Music: Velveeta

10:00PM Drone Show

Saturday June 10, 2023

12:00PM-5:00PM Army National Guard Rock Wall

12:00PM-8:00PM Mars Historical Society, Original STEAM Activities (Train Rides until 4PM)

12:30PM-1:00PM Dr. Aaron Gronstal (NASA) "The Visual Story of Astrobiology: NASA Astrobiology Graphic Histories"

1:00PM-1:30PM Mary Snow, "Be a Part of the Next STEAM Challenge- What Will Life on
Mars Look Like?"

1:30PM-2:00PM April Lanotte, NASA "NASA and the Future of Flight"

2:00PM  Costume Contest
Rocket Launch

2:30PM-3:00PM Dr. Michela Muñoz Fernández, NASA "Mars Sample Return - How to Bring Mars Sample Tubes Safely to Earth"

3:30PM STEAM Challenge Awards

4:00PM Rocket Launch

4:30PM-5:00PM Mitch Schulte, NASA "Mars 2020 Mission"

5:30PM-6:00PM Careers in the Space Industry Panel

6:00PM Rocket Launch

6:30PM-7:00PM Michael Meyer, NASA "Mars Sample Return: What are the Martian samples and what might we learn?"

8:00PM Live Music: Time Tested

10:00PM Drone Show

Date: June 9 - 10, 2023

Location: Penn Mar Plaza - Pittsburgh St, Mars, PA 16046

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