Apollo-Palooza!
Event Date:
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Event Time:
10:00am - 10:00pm
Event Webpage:
Event Description:
Saturday, July 20, 2019, is the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, the first piloted landing on the Moon! In addition to our regular schedule of planetarium programs, we’ll have special classroom presentations about Apollo and the Moon, a web-based “realtime” replay of the Apollo 11 landing, giveaways of a model Lunar Module and model Command & Service Module that were 3D printed here at the Lafayette Science Museum, the Apollo mini-exhibit “Race to the Moon,” and (weather permitting) a star party in the evening!
Event Type:
Educational
Exhibit
Landing Party
Lecture / Talk
Planetarium Show
Telescope Viewing
Open to the General Public?:
Yes
Topic:
Apollo 50th Anniversaries, Astronomy, Earth's Moon, Exoplanets, Human Exploration and Operations, Space Technology
Mission:
Apollo Program, ISS - International Space Station
Event Location:
Lafayette Science Museum
433 Jefferson Street
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501United States
Additional Comments:
Nine different events and four regularly scheduled planetarium programs will happen during Apollo-Palooza, with a complete schedule on the Lafayette Science Museum web site by July. Daytime events will be at the Museum, but the free evening star party will be at Picard Park. To get to Picard Park from Lafayette, go west out of town on Kaliste Saloom Road until it ends at a stop sign at E. Broussard. Turn left and go 1.9 miles, then turn right on Rue Fosse. Picard Park is a half mile down Rue Fosse on the left.