One Small Step for Man, Lots of 40th Anniversary Celebrations for Mankind
The 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11's Landing on the Moon will happen on Monday, July 20, 2009 but the moon landing celebrations have already begun. We rounded up a few of them for you last week and HotelChatter's got the skinny on a moon landing hotel package at the Moon Rise Hotel but there are a few more moon events you might want to check out.
Kennedy Space Center
There will be a free concert at The Kennedy Center's Concert Hall on Saturday at 8pm.
Tickets are on a first-come, first-serve basis and will be extremely limited. Ticket distribution begins at 10am in the Hall of Nations until noon (or until all tickets have been given out.) But if you can snag a pair, you'll be treated to performances of Fanfare from 2001: A Space Odyseey and the theme songs from Lost in Space, Star Trek, Star Wars and E.T.
Virginia Living Museum
Folks near Newport News, Virgina can pop into the Virginia Living Museum this weekend for their "Astronaut" special at 11:30am and 12:30pm. This is a full-dome immersive experience that shows you what a rocket launch is like from inside the body of an astronaut. "Discover the perils that lurk in space as we subject Chad, our test astronaut, to everything that space has to throw at him." Also folks from NASA Langley will be on hand to talk about sending more humans to the moon and Mars. Each show is $4 plus museum admission.
Moonfest
On Sunday, July 19 at the NASA Ames Research Center in Northern California, they are holding an entire moon landing festival called, Moonfest 2009. Scientific talks, model rocket launches, kid games, moon-themed music and sounds from the Ames Jazz band will all be included. Plus the free event will be using solar power!
NASA Night with the Astros
At Houston's Minute Maid Park, the ballgame will celebrate the moon landing's 40th Anniversary on Monday night, with NASA Night. "Apollo era" veterans will throw out the first pitch and astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger will sing the National Anthem. The Astros are playing the St. Louis Cardinals that night. Will the special code "nasa", you can get field box tickets for just $21.
Related Stories:
· Apollo 40 Years, Event Schedule [NASA]
· Where to Celebrate The 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing [Jaunted]
[Photo: National Air and Space Museum]
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