NTERGALACTIC—JASON’s live, interactive telecasts enable students to go on site with scientists working in the field. This year’s JASON presentation at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum will blast off to Mars to investigate the wonders of the red planet and its similarities to Earth. Field trip, anyone? The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum will host JASON Community Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat., Feb. 4 at 113 Harbor Way, on the waterfront at Santa Barbara Harbor.

Founded by Dr. Robert Ballard, discoverer of the wreck of the Titanic, JASON is a nationally recognized, interactive, multi-disciplinary educational program designed to inspire youth in the fields of science, technology and history.

This year’s program is “JASON Expedition: Mysteries of Earth and Mars” and features an exciting journey of discovery to explore the red planet, Mars, and the many similarities it shares with earth.

Museum visitors will learn the distinguishing features of the planet and what explorers are doing to further investigate Mars.

Activities include live JASON telecasts from the expedition; hands-on arts and crafts activity; a lecture by Tom Farr, geologist for Jet Propulsion Labs at 2:30 p.m.; ROV (remotely operated vehicle) demonstrations; tours of Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s Flagship Ranger; UCSB’s Marine Science Institute’s touch tank; the “Mars Show,” a 3-D video showing the launching and landing of a mars rover; a space manuscript exhibit from the Karpeles Manuscript Library featuring the flight log of the first woman into space; a space cabin technical drawing; the Apollo 13 explosion flight chart; and more.

For more information, visit www.sbmm.org or call (805) 9628404, ext. 115.