It’s a Martian exclusive! Andrew Kessler, author of "MARTIAN SUMMER: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission," gives a warts-and-all look at the Phoenix Mars mission. The Phoenix was sent to study the history of water and habitability potential in the Martian arctic's ice-rich soil.

Kessler spent three months in mission control of the Phoenix Mars expedition--with 130 top NASA scientists and engineers--during the Mars exploration. The story is a humorous human drama about modern-day Magellans battling NASA politics and the bizarre world of daily life in mission control. Kessler was the first “regular guy” ever granted unfettered access to such an event.

Andrew Kessler is a creative director at HUGE. He co-produced "Mars: The Quest for Life" on the Discovery Channel and holds a degree in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

The presentation will be followed by a book sale and signing, courtesy of Nicola’s Books.