The Needham Public Library will present on Thursday, Oct. 25, Dr. James D. Livingston and his presentation "Mission to Mars" at 7:30 p.m., in the Community Room.
Mankind has been fascinated by Mars since earliest times, but it is only since the 1960s that we have sent interplanetary spacecraft missions to explore the red planet. Starting in 1964 with a fly-by mission, further missions have included orbiters, landers, and landers with rovers. In addition to providing increasingly detailed photographs of the Martian surface, the missions have explored the science of the rocks, soil, and atmosphere, and sought evidence for past or present water and life. The Mars Science Laboratory, the largest rover yet, landed successfully on Mars this summer.
This presentation considers the characteristics of Mars, such as size, orbit, atmosphere, and gravity, as well as what the various missions to Mars have discovered.
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This program is sponsored by the Needham Free Public Library.
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