MRo: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Nature and Science in Northern New Jersey
MRo: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Lyndhurst, New Jersey
11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 7, 2008

Meadowlands Environment Center
2 DeKorte Park Plaza
Lyndhurst, New Jersey

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is one of the most advanced, most capable, most fascinating spacecraft NASA has ever built. It will have the ability to return the highest-resolution images of Mars yet! The orbiter wants to zoom in on the icy polar regions of Mars, where we know there to be lots of trapped water ice. Why would we focus there? Weâ€™re looking for evidence of watery habitats on the surface that could support life â€“ either in the past, present or future. Join NASA/JPL Ambassador and Meadowlands Astronomy Educator Laura Venner to learn more about our neighboring red planet.

$5/person; $3/members.

Sponsored By:
Meadowlands Environment Center
http://www.njmeadowlands.gov
For more information:
Contact: Lara Rodriguez
Phone: 201-460-8300
education@njmeadowlands.gov
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