To celebrate "Geocaching in Space" lets meet outside the Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium (back side of Union Station) at 7:00pm for a quick Flash Mob Photo. Sunset is at 5:12pm, so we'll try this one with a flash and hope it comes out! 7pm should be late enough for most traffic to have left downtown, so please be on time! Don't forget that there is still construction, plan accordingly.
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. The mission is currently scheduled to launch from Kazakhstan at 4:08 GMT on November 7 and we want you all to be there (at least in spirit). That means the launch is planned to liftoff at 5:08 a.m. in Berlin and November 6 at 8:08 p.m. in Los Angeles. (November 6th at 10:08pm in Kansas City)
Every geocacher who attends a Geocaching Event on November 6 or 7, 2013 will be awarded a “Geocaching in Space” souvenir. (*Quick note: As this is a real-deal rocket launch, it could be delayed. In this case they will issue the souvenir for attending an event on November 6 or 7, and for attending an event on the the actual launch date.)