Webcast Live from Lick Observatory
August 27/28, 2003
(evening of the 27th, morning of the 28th)
12:00 Midnight PDT (Aug. 28, 7:00 a.m. UT)

What were you doing at midnight on August 27, 2003?

We stayed up with Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman at the Lick Observatory in San Jose, California, for the best view we've had of Mars in a long, long time. At midnight on August 27, Earth and Mars passed closer to one another than they have in 60,000 years. Astronomers were on hand to tell us all about our nearest neighbor—its geography, orbit, and why both NASA and the European Space Agency have chosen this time to launch robotic missions to Mars.

Hope you didn't sleep through it!
You won't get another chance for 284 years.

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