Mars New Year schedule, vendors and sponsors
All speakers, unless noted, will be at the main stage, corner of Pittsburgh Street and Grand Avenue, by the spaceship.
5 p.m. — Festival opens with Mayor Gregg Hartung and Mark Harvey, meteorologist for WTAE
5:15 p.m. — Rocket launch with Pittsburgh Space Command
6 p.m. — Jim Christiansen, chief innovation officer, Aldrin Family Foundation, Retired
6:45 p.m. — Dr. Soyeon Yi, South Korea’s first astronaut
7:30 p.m. — Jim Green, former NASA chief scientist, introduced by Jeff Beckstead, of the Mars Robotics Association
8 p.m. — Rocket launch with Pittsburgh Space Command
8:30 p.m. — Let's Groove Tonight; Earth, Wind, & Fire Tribute Band
10 p.m. — Firefly Drone Show
10:15 p.m. — Festival ends
2 p.m. — Kerry Handron, Allegheny Observatory outreach coordinator; a student from the Allegheny Observatory High School Club; and Travis Court, University of Pittsburgh grad student
3 p.m. — Rocket launch with Pittsburgh Space Command
3:15 p.m. — STEAM Challenge Awards presentation with Jenay Sharp Leach
4 p.m. — Mars Costume Contest
4:45 p.m. — Martian of the Year Award
5 p.m. — Dr. Catherine Regan, planetary scientist, West Virginia University
5:30 p.m. — Rocket launch with Pittsburgh Space Command
6 p.m. — Martian Melodies Orchestra concert at Mars Presbyterian Church on Crowe Avenue
7 p.m. — Mackenzie Sloan, electrical engineer and software team lead at Kennedy Space Center and Seneca Valley High School alumnae
8 p.m. — Rocket launch with Pittsburgh Space Command
8:30 p.m. — The Pulse
10 p.m. — Firefly Drone Show
10:15 p.m. — Festival ends
3D Crafts & Curios
Armstrong/Armstrong Comfort Solutions
Artwork Display
Astro In Focus
Astronaut Training from Mars Area Elementary
CCA — Techworks
Civil Air Patrol, Pennsylvania Wing
Coherent
Cre8tiv Arts
Experience Butler
KidZone
Mars Robotics
Mountaineer Area Robotics
NASA
Pennsylvania Army National Guard
Pittsburgh Space Command 473
SAE A World in Motion
Solar System Ambassadors
Southern Butler County Business Association
Space Globes
STEAM Challenge
Steel City LUG (Lego Users Group)
West Virginia University — Department of physics
WQED
Cindy’s Munchies
Boy Scout Troop 400
Stick City
The Grandy Candy Shop
Nosh & Curd
Portersville Snowman
And two to three Pittsburgh-region-based food trucks
Armstrong
Experience Butler County
Planet Mart Food Mart
NexTier Bank
The Grable Foundation
Belleville International
Lutheran SeniorLife/St. John Community
Vogel Disposal
WQED
WTAE
Sheetz
RichMar Rotary
Electromat
Stick City
First Commonwealth Bank
Firefly Drones