Geocaching is rocketing into space once again. Astronaut Rick Mastracchio will deliver a Travel Bug to the International Space Station. Mastracchio will be using the Travel Bug as an educational tool to help teach students around the world about geography and provide other educational lessons.
Attend this event and earn a souvenir from Geocaching.com!!
When: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 6:30 pm
Location: Zucco's Restaurant, 451 Dalton Ave Pittsfield, MA 01201
Eats: On your own, bring money for food and beverage if you plan to eat
Activities: Just a good old time swapping stories. Feel free to bring Trackables to be 'discovered' or traded
Rick Mastracchio is from Waterbury, Connecticut and graduated from the Waterbury Public School System. View the related web page on this event listing to watch a video with Mastracchio about Expedition 38. Folow Mastracchio along on his journey by adding Travel Bug TB5JJN1 to your watchlist or by following him on twitter @AstroRM.
Did you know....
Pittsfield also has an astronaut?
Stephanie Wilson is a 1984 graduate of Taconic High School in Pittsfield! She has been into space three times and was the second African-American woman to go into space.
November 7th marks the 6th anniversary of her return to earth from a 6.25 million mile Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), her second space mission.
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