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Heroes of Planetary Exploration (HOPE) Tour

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CALIFORNIA
👽 Astrobiologists at Ames April 17th

Los Angeles
🚀 April 22nd
Lawndale Library

🛰 JPL April 23rd
4:30pm

🏫 school April 24

📖 April 26th
Hosted by AIAA LA Chapter
Lomita Library

NEVADA
🔭 Las Vegas Special Event
April 29th
CSN planetarium
👽5:00pm Talk: “The Viking Mars Missions: Paving the Way to the Future”

ARIZONA
🌌 May 1-4
Biosphere 2
Analog Astronaut Conference

👩🏾‍🚀 May 6th
Taking Up Space
A private event for Indigenous Girls through the incredible nonprofit Taking Up Space!

NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
May 12th
Hosted by AIAA New Mexico
NewSpace Launchpad Incubator Space
http://newspacenexus.org/

TEXAS
Austin, TX

May 17th, Pleasant Hill Library

HOUSTON TX
🚀 Hosted by AIAA Texas Chapter
⭐️⭐️Open to the public!!!⭐️⭐️

MAY 23
⭐️⭐️Open to the public!!!⭐️⭐️
Infinity Science Center
Pearlington, MS

🚀⭐️Tallahassee FL 🚀⭐️
Popup Talk at The Challenger Learning Center (free to public) 


🚀⭐️GAINSVILLE FLORIDA ⭐️🚀
Kika Silva Pla Planetarium, located at Santa Fe College Northwest Campus, in Gainesville FL
3000 NW 83rd Street, Building X-129
Gainesville FL 32606

⭐️MELBOURNE FLORIDA⭐️
June 18th at 7pm
Sponsored by Brevard Astronomical Society & American Space Museum & Space Walk of Fame
The Italian American Club
1471 Cypress Ave.
Melbourne FL 32935

⭐️VIRGINIA ⭐️
July 11th, NASA Langley Research Center
Viking Reunion and talk Sponsored by LaRC and AIAA Hampton Roads

⭐️COLORADO⭐️
🚀TWO FREE PUBLIC VIKING EVENTS AUGUST 2ND🚀
Belmar Library
555 S Allison Pkwy
Lakewood, CO 80226
A Space for You in Aerospace
11:00AM – 12:00PM
Love volcanoes? Fascinated by rocks, insects or the weather? Enjoy building, writing or drawing to express your creativity? If so, a career in aerospace might be for you! Launch into the exciting world of space exploration with award-winning space historian, inventor, writer and artist Rachel Tillman. Discover the Viking missions to Mars, explore careers in aerospace and learn what it takes to work in this incredible field – and why it needs you!

The Viking Mission to Mars
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Join space historian Rachel Tillman as she traces the Viking Mission to Mars — from its ambitious beginnings to its groundbreaking landing and scientific discoveries. Learn about the program’s innovative structure and the engineering breakthroughs led by companies like Littleton’s own Martin Marietta. This talk highlights Viking’s lasting impact on space exploration and how its legacy shapes our understanding of science, technology, and leadership.



Preserve

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Donate in honor of a Viking Team member or an aspiring Mars Explorer!

And for your Holiday shopping use Amazon’s Holiday Gift Guides. #StartWithaSmile at  smile.amazon.com for your holiday gifts and Amazon donates to Viking Mars Missions Education and Preservation Project.​​

Dec. 20, 2016

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Join VMMEPP for a family friendly informal presentation about the Viking mission at the Hillsdale Library​ from 4-6pm. See artifacts from the mission, enjoy activities for kids, and learn about making Viking history.  

Sept. 11, 2016

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Join us at OMSI from 2-3pm for our first #Mars Maker event.  Kids 5-15 gather to make a Viking Lander from scrap in 1 hour!

April 30, 2016

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Meet the Makers

Tanasbourne Barnes & Noble​ in Beaverton, Oregon joins us to celebrate the Viking 40th Anniversary by hosting the first event of the year to meet Viking Team Members. 

Learn about the mission from team members, hear new findings from scientists studing VIking data, and view original artifacts and archives. 

We are very excited to introduce

James E. Tillman, Viking Mars Lander Meteorology Team Member, Lander Mission Planning, and Research Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington.

Al Treder, G&C Maneuver Analyst on prime mission flight team for Viking Mars Orbiter, and later lead GN&C engineer on Space Shuttle payloads and the International Space Station.

Melissa Guzman working with VMMEPP and NASA Ames Scientist Dr. Chris McKay, to restore the Viking GCMS (Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry) data – essential historical and scientific data to questions of life on Mars.

Nov 6-8 2015

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Meet the Makers

VMMEPP brought Vikings across the country together with future Designers, Engineers, and Leaders at neighborhood Barnes & Nobles mini Maker fairs, to celebrate innovation, creativity and the art of ‪#‎Make‬.

We want to thank Vikings J.B. Lovell, Dr. Ben Clark, Terry Gamber, John Newcomb, Len Clark, Bob Bushman, Matt Grogan, and Frank McKinney, as well as Barnes and Nobles and MAKE Magazine for making this event possible.

We would like to acknowledge the artist and paper model designer John Jogerst for designing the models we gave to Viking fans.

July 30th 2015

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NASA Langley Viking Seminar

NASA’s Viking 1 successfully landed on the Martian surface 39 years ago making it the first visitor to the red planet. In celebration of the project’s recent anniversary, NASA’s Langley Research Center hosts a Viking seminar on Thursday, July 30 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Speakers include:

  • John Newcomb, Viking Management Team
  • Norman Crabill, Viking mission design manager
  • Gus Guastaferro, Viking deputy project manager
  • Paul Siemers, Viking lander aerothermodynamics engineer
  • Joel Levine, former NASA Langley scientist

July 20th 2015

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The 39th Anniversary of Viking I landing on Mars is celebrated by Vikings in various regions.

Dr. Gil Levin, Viking Scientist, presents Vikings’ Search for Life, via web, at OMSI in Portland, OR. At the OMSI Planetarium.

Presented by Rose City Astronomers and The Viking Mars Missions Education and Preservation Project. 

July 11th​ 2015

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Meet The Vikings

Viking Science and Engineering challenges and findings and how they influenced Mars missions through today, will be discussed with Viking Scientist and Opportunity and Curiosity consulting Scientist Dr. Ben Clark and MAVEN Principal Investigator / Viking Graduate student Dr. Bruce Jakosky at The Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, CO 11am and 1pm. 

QA with the scientists and engineers between sessions.

Presented by The Viking Mars Missions Education and Preservation Project. 

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