STARMUS Returns: The world-renowned festival supported by Stephen Hawking, Brian May and Alexei Leonov announces a landmark event dedicated to Mars in 2021 for STARMUS VI. Armenia to host

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YEREVAN, Armenia, July 22, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Armenia will showcase the world's great scientific minds and Rockstar talent in

celebration of Mars exploration.

STARMUS, one of the world-scale science and art festivals will take place in

September 2021 in Yerevan, Armenia, to celebrate science communication with

world-class scientists, artists and astronauts.

STARMUS VI will be dedicated to Mars, from the very first Soviet MARS 3 and

American MARINER 9 to the spectacular NASA missions and ambitious manned

landing plans of Space X. It has been 50 years since MARS 3 performed the first

soft landing on the Red Planet and sent back to the Earth the first data from

its surface. The same year, in 1971, NASA´s MARINER 9 became the first Orbiter

around Mars. These milestones were followed by dozens of successful missions by

NASA providing us with more accurate images and information from our neighbor

in the Solar System. In the summer of 2020, three space agencies around the

world plan to launch pioneering missions to arrive at Mars in 2021.

Following the established tradition, the Festival will address pressing issues

and screen films about the exploration of Mars. Previous film screenings

included the documentary Apollo 11 and The Spacewalker, a film about the

legendary Russian astronaut and Starmus Board Member Alexei Leonov.

The festival will be held under the high patronage of the President of Armenia,

Dr. Armen Sarkissian. The President has invited Starmus to Armenia during his

invited speech in 2019 at the opening ceremony of Starmus V  "A Giant Leap" in Zurich.

The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of

Armenia (MoESCS) on behalf of the RA Government will support, and working in

close partnership with the Ministry of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of

Armenia make the festival an outstanding event thus playing an important role

in different educational, scientific and artistic activities of the festival.

As in the previous years, the sixth Starmus Festival will welcome to the stage

world-class scientists, artists and astronauts to share breakthrough

discoveries, reflect upon pressing questions and inspire new generations of

scientists and explorers.

The Starmus Advisory board will announce a further line-up of speakers from art

and music later this year. Nobel Laureate scientists Edvard Moser and Michel

Mayor, Apollo 16 Moonwalker Charlie Duke, co-inventor of CRISPR gene-editing

technology Emmanuelle Charpentier and "the father of ipod" and NEST founder

Tony Fadell are among confirmed speakers. For more information visit

www.starmus.com.  

Photos available to download from:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xnngsam5iu5mgb7/AACckH_ugG3WDRsTQEJAvoPka?dl=0 

About Starmus

Since the very first Homo Sapiens looked up at a star-filled sky we have been

awestruck by the vastness of the cosmos. Even today we remain humbled by the

sheer immensity of space, especially as through our progress in physics and

astronomy, we are now aware of the tremendous distances involved – even to our

closest neighbouring stars.

Created by Dr. Garik Israelian, astrophysicist at the Institute of Astrophysics

of the Canary Islands (IAC) and Dr. Brian May, astrophysicist and the lead

guitarist of the iconic rock band Queen, the Starmus Festival is a combination

of science, art and music that has featured presentations from Astronauts,

Cosmonauts, Nobel Prize Winners and prominent figures from science, culture,

the arts and music.

Stephen Hawking and Alexei Leonov, together with the rock star and

astrophysicist Dr. Brian May, worked to create the Stephen Hawking Medal for

Science Communication, awarded to individuals and teams who have made

significant contributions to science communication. Previous Stephen Hawking

Medal winners include Elon Musk, Jean-Michel Jarre, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian

Eno, Hans Zimmer and The Particle Fever documentary.

The Starmus Festivals join Nobel laureates, eminent researchers, astronauts,

thinkers, men and women of science, culture, arts and music to share their

knowledge and experiences in the common search for answers to the great

questions of today.

Source: STARMUS