Wonderfest: Mission: Mars

The first human mission to Mars will be the greatest adventure of the 21st-century. As with all expeditions, its success will depend on planning. The first steps are already under way: achieving longer spaceflight missions, planning for deep space journeys beyond the Moon, and exploring extreme terrestrial environments as Mars “analogs.”

Dr. Pascal Lee will discuss progress made around the world - from the Arctic to Antarctica, from basement labs to the International Space Station - to achieve the first human voyage to Mars. He will explore the what, why, how, when, and who of our first journey to the Red Planet.

See companion event on 2/21.