NASA Celebrates Martian New Year in Mars, Pennsylvania

NASA will land in Mars, Pennsylvania Friday, June 19th to celebrate Mars’ New Year. Red Planet enthusiasts will gather in Mars for three days of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics activities. Mars expert Jim Green, NASA’s director of Planetary Science at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, will deliver a keynote talk Friday evening and again Saturday, June 20 about NASA's journey to Mars. To kick off the three-day, Red Planet extravaganza, NASA will participate in a media briefing. Green served as a technical consultant on the upcoming Fox Entertainment movie “The Martian.”
The Martian New Year occurs about every two Earth-years and is timed to the Northern Hemisphere Spring Equinox on Mars. That equinox occurs this month on Earth.