TES NEWS, Volume 5, Number 3, September 1996

Mars Education Announcements and Events

SEPTEMBER 1996

OCTOBER 1996

Oct. 15: Pre-launch Press Briefing for Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Pathfinder (tentative date) on NASA-TV.
Oct. 17-19: NSTA Regional Convention in Phoenix, AZ. Features "Mars Central," a dedicated series of space science workshops. Also there is a tour of ASU space laboratories and a field trip in northern Arizona, "The Holey Tour," by ASU planetary geology professor Ronald Greeley. Arizona Mars K-12 director Ken Edgett is keynote speaker at Arizona Science Teachers Assoc. breakfast, Oct. 18th. Contact: National Science Teachers Association, 1840 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201-3000.
Oct. 21-26: Division of Planetary Science (DPS), American Astronomical Society Meeting in Tucson, AZ. The DPS meeting features technical sessions on all the latest in planetary science-- including new results from Galileo at Jupiter! They are also planning K-12 workshops on Oct. 21 and 22, visits by scientists to Tucson classrooms, and a big public display of planetary spacecraft and images. For K-12 information, contact Don McCarthy (520-621-4079; dmccarthy@as.arizona.edu) or Larry Lebofsky (lebofsky@lpl.arizona.edu).

NOVEMBER 1996

Nov. 1-2: Washington Science Teachers Association Convention, Port Angeles, WA. The Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program will conduct a workshop. Contact John Gallagher, Port Angeles High School, 304 East Park, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Nov. 6-25: Mars Global Surveyor Launch Window. Launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. There will be an open-house at Arizona State University MGS TES facility. CLICK HERE FOR LAUNCH WINDOW TIMES.
Nov. 11-22: Mars '96 Launch Window. Optimal launch date is Nov. 16, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. CLICK HERE FOR MARS 96 HOME PAGE

DECEMBER 1996

Dec. 2 - Jan. 2: Mars Pathfinder Launch Window. Night launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Possible open house at ASU MGS TES facility (at night? To be determined). CLICK HERE FOR LAUNCH WINDOW TIMES.

JULY 1997

July 4: Mars Pathfinder Landing on Mars. Open-house events are being planned to take place in Pasadena, CA.