Mars Initiative
@MarsInitiative
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MISSION: To ensure humans safely reach Mars with a Habitat, for Exploration & Human Settlement, within our lifetime. GOAL: 1 Million Prize Fund Subscribers.
Houston, Texas
Joined August 2011
Help Us Ignite a Classroom’s Future! Support @Mars_Initiative teacher STEM grants! Our goal: funding 10 teacher grants in December to drive curiosity for students in space exploration. Join us by donating today and sharing with your network. #HandsOnLearning #STEM #Education
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We’ve officially funded our first STEM classroom grant of the season! Thank you for giving a teacher real tools to spark curiosity and hands-on learning in their classroom. We still have nine more grants to fund! Please donate here: https://t.co/PvwQ5TJGxz
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Space-focused STEM learning depends on real tools. @Mars_Initiative is supplying them through 10 amazing classroom grants! You can help & join the mission. Donate today! #AstronomyEducation #STEMLearning
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Cross dinner off the list and support the cause! Today only, Panda Express will allocate a portion of all qualifying online orders to Mars Initiative classroom STEM grants. Visit https://t.co/FRlu5a5qKw to order and use code 9009537 at checkout. #GivingTuesday
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On Giving Tuesday, 12/2, Panda Express will allocate a portion of all qualifying online orders to Mars Initiative classroom STEM grants. Visit https://t.co/FRlu5a5qKw to order and use code 9009537 at checkout. #GivingTuesday #StemEducation
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NASA and Blue Origin launched two twin spacecraft! These spacecraft aim to study how the solar wind stripped Mars of much of its atmosphere and turned it into the barren planet we see today. #NewGlenn #NASA #BlueOrigin
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🚨 NASA confirms a rock sample collected by the Perseverance rover contains a potential biosignature It’s the best candidate so far to provide evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars
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Olympus Mons(Mars)- The tallest mountain in the Solar System.
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Ready for an ESCAPADE? 🚀 NASA’s twin spacecraft have arrived in Florida ahead of launch this fall! They’ll orbit Mars to study how the planet’s magnetic field protects it from space weather & drives atmospheric escape. 🔗 https://t.co/WbeTCxhnza
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Integrity. That's what the Artemis II astronauts have decided to name their Orion spacecraft, which will take them from @NASAKennedy on their journey around the Moon and return them safely back to Earth.
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As they travel around the Moon and back, the #Artemis II crew will be conducting science investigations that will inform future deep space missions, including Artemis III. Read about the missions' science operations HERE >> https://t.co/n1dr6mFMyI
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🚨NASA is planning to return to the Moon in its first ever crewed Moon mission in 50 years in February 2026
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🚀Attention Educators: Our Micro-G Grant is now accepting applications to fund innovative, hands-on projects that connect learners with the wonders of space exploration. Check it out:
marsinitiative.org
Apply for a STEM MicroGrant to bring space exploration into the classroom and inspire the next generation of explorers!
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@josh8g This is real! Here is a zoomed out view from this spot on Mars and a link to more information about the observation: https://t.co/eLLWFR6dW2
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We can BEARLY believe it! It's been 20 years since the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) launched to Mars! After arriving in Mars orbit in March 2006, MRO has been busy sending back detailed observations of the Martian surface (including this image taken on Dec 12, 2022).
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🪂 Two parachutes, made in Europe, for landing on Mars. Here's how we tested them on Earth. @ESA_ExoMars @SSCspace #Vorticity
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