The Red Planet takes center stage at the Chabot Space & Science Center's Mars Phoenix Landing Celebration this weekend, a great opportunity to indulge any budding space explorer. Chabot will be throwing a landing party sure to spark the imaginations of anyone who's ever wondered about life on Mars. Over three days, visitors can follow the progress of the 1,500-pound Phoenix spacecraft as this first entrant in NASA's Mars Scout program completes its 422 million-mile journey, and - in just seven tense minutes - decelerates from its 12,500-mph plunge toward Mars to, it is hoped, gently land on its own three feet Sunday afternoon.
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