World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' Roving Mars Presented as a Public Service by Lockheed Martin

World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' Roving Mars Presented as a Public Service by Lockheed Martin

Thursday, January 26th at The National Air and Space Museum Lockheed Martin IMAX(R) Theater

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ --
WHO: From the film: George Butler (Director), Frank Marshall (Producer),
Steve Squyres (Scientist), and a model of Mars Rover.

Speakers: Dr. Ted Maxwell, National Air and Space Museum Associate
Director for the Department of Collections and Research, Tom Marsh,
Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Michael
Griffin, Administrator, NASA and more ...

Senators and Congressmen including: The Honorable Emanuel Cleaver,
The Hon. John Dingell, The Hon. Chet Edwards, The Hon. Bart Jennings
Gordon, The Honorable Ruben Hinojosa, The Hon. Kenny Hulshof, The
Hon. Lisa Murkowski, The Hon. Steve Pearce, The Hon. Adam Schiff and
many more ...

WHAT: To celebrate the Mars Rovers' Success and World Premiere of Walt
Disney Pictures' ROVING MARS.

For centuries human beings have contemplated their most Earth-like
planetary neighbor, Mars, dreaming impossible dreams of exploring
its surface and divining its mysteries. Now the impossible has
become possible. In the new Walt Disney Pictures' production,
"Roving Mars," presented as a public service by Lockheed Martin, and
showing exclusively in IMAX Theatres, award-winning director George
Butler ("Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure") and Academy Award(R)
nominated producer Frank Marshall ("Raiders of the Lost Ark,"
"Seabiscuit") have documented the remarkable Mars mission that sent
two intrepid, death-defying explorers -- Spirit and Opportunity, the
Mars rovers -- to the Red Planet. The robot pioneers seek evidence
that Mars might once have been hospitable to life, and have set the
stage for the arrival of human explorers later this century.

WHEN: Thursday, January 26, 2006 WHERE: Lockheed Martin IMAX(R) Theater
6:45PM Press Arrivals National Air and Space Museum
7:15PM Dignitary Interviews Smithsonian Institution
600 Jefferson Drive, SW
Washington, DC

CONTACTS: National press Joe Quenqua 212/536-6428
DC-area press Sara Taylor 202/742-8742
Smithsonian Institution Mike Marcus 202/633-2376

YOUR COVERAGE IS INVITED
YOU MUST CALL FOR CREDENTIALS

WALT DISNEY PICTURES'
ROVING MARS
Opens in select IMAX(R) theaters Friday, January 27, 2006

Source: Walt Disney Pictures

CONTACT: National press, Joe Quenqua, +1-212-536-6428, or DC-area press,
Sara Taylor, +1-202-742-8742, both for Walt Disney Pictures; or Smithsonian
Institution, Mike Marcus, +1-202-633-2376

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