4/30: Viking missions 40th celebration (OR)

The Viking Mars Missions Education and Preservation Project (VMMEPP) is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to preserving the history, artifacts, original documents, and data, to educate students, professionals, and enthusiasts in historic, and STEM topics, and creating access to real mission experiences and materials from the team members to original mission materials.

The partnership between the Tanasbourne Barnes & Noble and VMMEPP will share the mission and artifacts, along with the opportunity to talk with original Viking team members, current Mars explorers and other curious minds to celebrate and honor this extraordinary mission of exploration on its 40th Anniversary.

We are very excited to have joining us:

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.
Rachel Tillman, The Founder and Executive Director of The Viking Mars Missions Education & Preservation Project, Innovator, and Intel Alumni, daughter of Viking James Tillman.

Join us for events beginning at 11 a.m. and continuing all day. Come visit Mars from right here in Beaverton. Buy or bring your favorite Mars book and get the chance to have it autographed by real Viking Mission Team Members.