Sydney Talk - Mars Rovers

[Guest Steve R]

Talk: Roving on Mars: The Continuing Saga of NASA's Mars

 

Exploration Rover

 

Missions

 

Speaker: Dr. James W. Rice, Jr.

 

Athena Science Team Member: Mars Exploration Rover

 

Project THEMIS Mission

 

Operations: Mars Odyssey Project Arizona State University

 

Date: Saturday, September 2, 2006

 

Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

 

Location: Target Theatre

 

Powerhouse Museum

 

500 Harris Street, Ultimo (SYDNEY)

 

What's happening with NASA's incredibly successful and

 

long-lived Mars

 

rovers, Spirit and Opportunity? Find out the latest from

 

the University of

 

Arizona's Dr. James W. Rice, Co-investigator on the Athena

 

Science Payload

 

team, which works with the instruments carried by the Mars

 

Rovers.

 

Free with Museum admission.

 

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