Mark your calendar for early November, 2013! Geocaching is rocketing into space once again. Astronaut Rick Mastracchio (His geocaching name is AstroRM.) 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 Groundspeak wants you all to be there (at least in spirit). That means the launch is planned to liftoff at 5:08 a.m. in Berlin, November 6 at 8:08 p.m. in Los Angeles, AND 11:08 p.m. in Boston. Find out here what time the launch is in your part of the world!
A few things to remember:
Scheduled Launch Date: November 6 (EST), 2013
Watch Launch Live*: at 04:08 a.m. GMT on November 7 (11:08 p.m. EST on November 6) - Convert to your time zone here
*NASA TV will broadcast the launch live. You can download a free NASA TV app for Android or iPhone, watch NASA TV live on their website www.NASA.gov, or watch the launch on the NASA channel on your cable TV. More questions? Check out NASA TV FAQs here.
Event plan: (Only 30 minutes long!)
6:00 PM : Gather up quickly at the posted coords, under the roof of the Lechmere Canal Park Pavilion. Sign log sheet, and pick up a raffle ticket.
6:10 PM : Raffle!
6:20 PM : Take a group picture! And then split up!
Afterwards: Log your "Attended" and earn a special “Geocaching in Space” souvenir!
Metered parking in Cambridge should all be free after 6 PM.
