The  Countdown Breakfast is an exciting, can’t-miss event for students curious about space, science, and where their interests could take them. This interactive morning event shows how curiosity in STEM can turn into real-world impact sooner than many students realize. The event features Dr. Catherine Regan, a planetary scientist early in her career whose research uses data from NASA Mars missions to study how a planet’s atmosphere, surface, and space environment interact. Dr. Regan’s work places her on the front lines of Mars research and gives students a rare opportunity to hear from someone actively shaping the future of space science right now, while showing that the path from classroom curiosity to cutting-edge discovery is closer than it seems.