One Small Step
ONE SMALL STEP EXAMINES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HUMANKIND’S FIRST STEPS ON THE MOON
The challenge of spaceflight in the 1960s drew upon the best and the brightest of a generation, while at the same time served as the backdrop of the longest, most public struggle of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. With unshakeable momentum, the race to take the first steps on the Moon served as a unifying counterpoint to the turbulent 1960s in the United States. With NASA’s successful Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969, two astronauts successfully landed on the lunar surface and returned to Earth.
The May 12-July 28 exhibition in the Evansville Convention & Visitors Bureau Center for History & Science includes black-and-white and color photographs of the historic Apollo 11 mission “Where men from the planet Earth first set foot on the Moon”. A Lunar Theater will offer guests the opportunity to learn more about the manned moon missions 50 years ago. Interpretive text, graphics, and popular culture artifacts from the period are displayed.
Looking forward, the exhibition considers the future of the Moon, when we might return, and the potential for a continual presence for humankind on our only natural satellite.
Accompanying the exhibition will be daily presentations in the Koch Immersive Theater & Planetarium of a special show explaining further the supreme feat of landing astronauts on the Moon. An interactive planetarium show utilizing the capabilities of the Museum’s digital planetarium to detail our satellite’s unique relationship with Earth, will highlight a few of the manned and unmanned missions which proceeded the Moon landings and showcase archival footage of the Apollo missions. Admission to the planetarium show is be complimentary with every paid admission to the Museum.