Titusville Area Visitors Council Update – September 2019

[gview file=”https://titusville.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Titusville-Area-Visitor-Council-September-2019.docx”] Join us for the next meeting on October 17th at 2:00pm at the Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Stars of the Show

Look up. Here’s an easy way to take a break from all the worry tonight—if you have a backyard telescope. If you are lucky (visibility depends on many factors including how bright the lights near you), you will be able to see Ursa Major (Big Dipper), Ursa Minor (Little Dipper), Polaris and Comet/2019 YA ATLAS…. [Continue Reading]

Naming the New MARS Rover

NASA has let school students name all of its Mars rovers to date. NASA’s first-ever wheeled red planet explorer (deployed on Mars in July 1997) was named Sojourner. Sojourner was named by Connecticut 12-year-old Valerie Ambroise in honor of activist Sojourner Truth. Sofi Collis, a third grader from Arizona, won the competition to name Spirit… [Continue Reading]