July 20, 2019: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Celebration

Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Event Saturday, July 20, noon-4 p.m. ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building

Neil Armstrong first placed his boot on the lunar surface July 20, 1969. Fifty years later, we are celebrating this amazing and historic accomplishment with events all around the world. Here in Anchorage, the UAA Planetarium has teamed up with the Anchorage Museum, the UAA Department of Geological Sciences, Solar System Ambassadors and other lunar fanatics for a celebration at the UAA campus.

Hands-on activities will be going from noon to 4 p.m. Come by and make rockets, create craters on a simulated lunar surface, watch films dedicated to the Apollo missions from NASA, learn about lunar geology, get informed on past and current NASA missions from the Solar System Ambassadors, re-live the Apollo missions through virtual reality, watch free Planetarium shows and more.

Planetarium schedule

• Noon - From Dream to Discovery: Inside NASA
• 12:30 p.m. - Back to the Moon for Good
• 1 p.m. - Dawn of the Space Age
• 1:30 p.m. - From Dream to Discovery: Inside NASA
• 2 p.m. - Back to the Moon for Good
• 2:30 p.m. - Dawn of the Space Age
• 3 p.m. - Moonshot (live show presented by Omega Smith)

Presentation 2 p.m. - The Unsung Heroes of the Apollo Missions, presented by Tom Manglesdorf

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