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The Kennedy Space Center is planning a series of special events. On Thursday 16th July at 11am visitors are invited to celebrate 40 years of the first steps on the moon. This date marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. An elite group of special astronaut guests are scheduled to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo program during a public ceremony at the Apollo/Saturn V Center sharing their personal stories with guests from underneath a gigantic 363-foot long Saturn V rocket, including:
Rarely seen publicly before, the Apollo artifacts in the new Apollo Treasures Gallery will include a rare collection of space suits and other gear used by the Apollo moonwalkers to explore the lunar surface during space walks, featuring Apollo 14 Commander Alan Shepards space suit and the Apollo 14 Kitty Hawk Command Module. Alan Shepards corvette will also be on display. Complimenting the suits is a collection of shoes, helmets and gloves, plus tools used to excavate the lunar surface, Apollo 16 astronaut John Youngs cuff check list with instructions on how to deploy the American flag on the moon and Apollo 13s space suit repair kit and service module rescue book.
On the afternoon of July 16, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin will sign copies of his new book, Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home From the Moon, at the main Visitor Complex from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. The new book recounts his harrowing journey to the moon - and the longer, more arduous road he had to travel once back on Earth.
On July 20, the 40th Anniversary of the famous first steps on the moon, the Visitor Complex will host one of the worlds largest MoonPies. The MoonPie will be available to the public to enjoy at 2:00 p.m. in the Rocket Garden. The MoonPie is 40 inches in diameter, six inches tall and weighs in at 55 pounds a total of six pounds of chocolate and 14 pounds of marshmallow.
I wish I could fly over there just for some of that MoonPie
The Kennedy Space Center is planning a series of special events. On Thursday 16th July at 11am visitors are invited to celebrate 40 years of the first steps on the moon. This date marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. An elite group of special astronaut guests are scheduled to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo program during a public ceremony at the Apollo/Saturn V Center sharing their personal stories with guests from underneath a gigantic 363-foot long Saturn V rocket, including:
- Walt Cunningham, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 7
- Buzz Aldrin, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 11
- Edgar Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 14
- Al Worden, Command Module Pilot, Apollo 15
- Charlie Duke, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 16
- Vance Brand, Apollo Command Module Pilot, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project; Apollo 8 and 13 support crewman, Apollo 15 backup command module pilot
- Jerry Carr, Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) for Apollo 8 and 12, Skylab 4
- Bruce McCandless, Apollo 14 astronaut support crew, STS-41B and STS-31 astronaut
Rarely seen publicly before, the Apollo artifacts in the new Apollo Treasures Gallery will include a rare collection of space suits and other gear used by the Apollo moonwalkers to explore the lunar surface during space walks, featuring Apollo 14 Commander Alan Shepards space suit and the Apollo 14 Kitty Hawk Command Module. Alan Shepards corvette will also be on display. Complimenting the suits is a collection of shoes, helmets and gloves, plus tools used to excavate the lunar surface, Apollo 16 astronaut John Youngs cuff check list with instructions on how to deploy the American flag on the moon and Apollo 13s space suit repair kit and service module rescue book.
On the afternoon of July 16, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin will sign copies of his new book, Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home From the Moon, at the main Visitor Complex from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. The new book recounts his harrowing journey to the moon - and the longer, more arduous road he had to travel once back on Earth.
On July 20, the 40th Anniversary of the famous first steps on the moon, the Visitor Complex will host one of the worlds largest MoonPies. The MoonPie will be available to the public to enjoy at 2:00 p.m. in the Rocket Garden. The MoonPie is 40 inches in diameter, six inches tall and weighs in at 55 pounds a total of six pounds of chocolate and 14 pounds of marshmallow.
I wish I could fly over there just for some of that MoonPie
