Rick will live aboard the International Space Station for 6 months. He plans to use the Travel Bug as a tool to teach students on Earth, in his home state of Connecticut, about geography and science. He’ll also earn the Solar System’s most elusive smiley and find the International Space Station geocache.
The mission is currently scheduled to launch from Kazakhstan at 4:08 GMT on November 7, which is 9:08 p.m. in Lethbridge on November 6. So, we're having a post-launch event!
The details:
Date: Thursday, November 7
Time: 7pm to 10pm.
TeamDJM/4 the Fun of It are hosting this event.
Thanks to GeoWyrms for the donations.
For attending a "Geocaching in Space" event you will get a special souvenir from Geocaching.com as well as a smiley! As this is a real-deal rocket launch, it could be delayed. If the launch is delayed, you will still receive the special souvenir if you attend this event.
If you are ready to BOLDLY GO... we will see you there!