Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Celebration
Event Date:
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Event Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
Event Webpage:
Event Description:
Join us as we celebrate the landing of Apollo 11 and commemorate the first human steps on the Moon! This full-day event will feature a variety of indoor and outdoor activities for all ages to enjoy, including:
- Breakfast with and presentations by Astronaut Duane "Digger" Carey;
- The United States Postal Service will be here for a special one-of-a-kind Apollo 11 postmark celebration and unveiling of the new First Moon Landing stamp;
- United States Air Force Academy presents Engineering the Chemistry of Rockets;
- Building rockets;
- Play along with our Apollo virtual reality;
- Science On a Sphere® presentations;
- Drive a Rover in our Lockheed Martin Mars Robotics Laboratory;
- Space face painting
Event Type:
Hands-on Activities
Lecture / Talk
Planetarium Show
Open to the General Public?:
Yes
Topic:
Apollo 50th Anniversaries
Mission:
Apollo 11, Apollo Program
Event Location:
Space Foundation Discovery Center
4425 Arrowswest Drive
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907United States