About Science Downtown

Where Tucsonans once marveled at “Bodies,” “Titanic” and “King Tut” exhibits, they now can learn about our solar system’s planets and asteroids at Science Downtown. CenturyLink presents “Mars and Beyond: The search for life on other planets. “Mars and Beyond” digs deep into the mysteries of the Red Planet, including some of the latest cutting edge scientific work by University of Arizona teams on NASA’s HiRISE Mars high-resolution orbiting camera, the Phoenix Mars Mission science lab lander, the upcoming OSIRIS-REx, and more. “Mars and Beyond” brings you the wonders of Earth’s neighborhood, our solar system, in stunning color and clarity. You’ll see stunning space imagery from the Red Planet and the solar system, including samples of some of the latest NASA Mars mission spacecraft including mission replicas of the Phoenix Mars Lander and the HiRISE high-resolution camera that will be on display.