Calendar of Events for 2025

1. TechFest, February 15 & February 16 (Saturday and Sunday, 10 AM to 5 PM both days). Location: Sinclair Community College, David Ponitz Center (Building 12), 301 West Fourth Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402. TechFest is a family event with many organizations participating that is aimed at inspiring K – 12 grade students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). The Mars Society will have a display at this event. Volunteers are needed to help staff our display table.

2. Springboro STEMfest, April 7 (Monday 5:30 PM to 8 PM). Location:  Springboro High School, 1675 S Main St, Springboro, OH 45066. STEMfest is a family event with many organizations participating that is aimed at inspiring K – 12 grade students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). The Mars Society will have a display at this event. Volunteers are needed to help staff our display table.

3. Mound Cold War Discovery Center, July 22 (Wednesday, 7 PM). Location: Mound Cold War Discovery Center, 1075 Mound Rd, Miamisburg, OH 45342.  Jerry Black will present a talk titled “Human Exploration and Settlement of the Moon and Mars”.  This talk is free and open to the public.

4. 2025 International Mars Society Convention, October 9 (Thursday) through October 11 (Saturday). Location: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Includes both plenary and track sessions with excellent speakers. See www.marssociety.org for more information.