The countdown to Mars Day is on!
Mars Day is an exciting free virtual event adventure for everyone, presented by the UK Space Education Office (ESERO-UK) at STEM Learning and in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UK Space Agency.
Mars Day has an out-of-this-world programme of live link-ups, activities and resources, talks and live Q&A with space stars as well as career discussions with hidden heroes of the UK space industry.
Beam in to explore Mars, the International Space Station (ISS) - and beyond. Our mission to Mars (Day) in 2024 had an audience of over 200,000!
Explore a sky full of guest speakers and stars in our programme across the day. Land on your favourite Mars and ISS topics, book for a session or two, take part in Mars Hour activities, or join in for the whole day. Embark on a solo mission, join in with friends, family or your class at school.
Mars Day 2026 is coming soon.
For one starry day, Mars Day 2025 included:
More speaker stars than ever before from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UK Space Agency
Featured the International Space Station (ISS) as the 'Guest’ of the day, learning how ESA train astronauts to go to the ISS
Starred hidden heroes of the UK space industry, revealing their journeys from studying STEM subjects to participating in space career missions here on Earth
Beamed Tim Peake live into classrooms in Mars Hour with the chance to ask about his own mission to the ISS
Ran classroom activities in Mars Hour with free space-themed resources
Ran more exciting hands-on Martian activity sessions for primary schools to beam into
Went behind-the-scenes with BBC Science team from the hit series ‘Solar System’ with Professor Brian Cox, revealing the enthralling story of the Martian dust devils
Explored the ESA missions already planned for Mars with ESA experts - and those already on Mars!
Landed on Mars over the week with partners offering out-of-this-world events and sessions for schools during Mars Week
