Last week, 12-year-old TMG Student Space Ambassador (SSA) Astronaut Joey set a goal for himself to raise $1500 for The Mars Generation's (TMG) Give to Mars Day fundraising campaign. Joey was raising the money in an effort to fund one fully paid scholarship to Space Camp (including travel). TMG is ... READ MORE»
Give To Mars Day November 12: How You Can Help
Interested in joining being part of #GiveToMarsDay? You've come to the right place! Here are a few easy ways that you can participate: 1. Donate. Even a $10 donation will make a difference, so skip your morning Starbucks and help The Mars Generation achieving its fundraising goal. 2. Share! ... READ MORE»
12 Year Old Student Space Ambassador Fundraises to Send Other Kids To Camp
The Mars Generation (TMG) is happy to report that Astronaut Joey, a 12-year-old TMG Student Space Ambassador (SSA) from Charleston, South Carolina, has already raised $195 for our #GiveToMarsDay campaign. Joey has set the goal for himself of raising $1500 before the campaign ends at 11:59pm on ... READ MORE»
Press Release: The race to Mars – a Teen, a Dream, and a Sack of Potatoes
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 03, 2015 The Mars Generation (TMG) is excited to announce that on November 12, 2015 they will be participating in Give to the Max Day, a 24 hour community giving day hosted in Minnesota (U.S.) with donors and participants worldwide. The Mars Generation will ... READ MORE»
Give to Mars Day Potato Challenge: Do you have the right stuff?
The TMG Potato Challenge is a fun collective activity that is designed to see if you have the right stuff to be a Martian for 24 hours! If you take the challenge you will be “stranded” on Mars for 24 hours just like fictional astronaut Mark Watney from The Martian movie. The good news is that being ... READ MORE»
reddit: Astronaut Abby Ask Me Anything October 12, 2015
We are excited to announce that our founder and board chair Astronaut Abby will be available on reddit for an Ask Me Anything session Monday October 12, 2015 at 3pm EST or 7pm GMT. We hope you will join Abby on reddit! Just look up /r/IAMA and user name AstronautAbby. Are you new to reddit? Here ... READ MORE»
#BringToMars: Get your Martian Movie Poster Made Today
We are having some fun here at The Mars Generation, thanks to our sponsor Grand Ciel design! We are creating movie posts for The Mars Generation community members! As you can see from our images on this post the posters are modeled after The Martian movie poster "Bring Him Home" but instead of ... READ MORE»
World Space Week 2015: UNOOSA Special Event in Austria and Much More
World Space Week is well underway this week with a theme of “Discovery.” As the largest public space event, World Space Week embodies the Mission that The Mars Generation works towards 365 days of the year, to bring attention to and knowledge of the immense importance that space exploration has ... READ MORE»
Press Release: The Martian Inspires Next Generation of Space Exploration
New Nonprofit The Mars Geneneration positioned to 'Change The World' This weekend, millions of people watched with bated breath as astronaut Mark Watney struggled to survive on the surface of Mars in the new movie, The Martian, based on Andy Wier’s book of the same title. While billed as science ... READ MORE»
The Martian: For people who don’t understand the word “impossible”
In the coming months, youth all across America will be queuing up to go see the latest installments of The Hunger Games and the Divergent series. They will likely get into the new Walking Dead spinoff, and may be waiting for the third season of The 100 to begin. We live on a steady diet of post ... READ MORE»