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[b]Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium Offers FREE Celebrating America in Space Program July 17[/b] The Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium will offer a FREE program, Celebrating America in Space, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday, July 17, when visitors will see the regional unveiling of Past is Prologue: Celebrating 50 Years of America in Space, a painting of the history of United States space exploration by Timothy Alan Neil Gagnon; enjoy the new Lunar Odyssey Planetarium Show; and share memories about the 40th Anniversary of the Walk on the Moon. At 5:30 p.m., visitors will see our new feature show, Lunar Odyssey, in the Suits-Bueche Planetarium. Let experts in lunar mythology, history, science, and astronomy take you on a guided tour of the awesome beauty and mysteries of Earth’s nearest neighbor in space, the Moon. Visitors will also be encouraged to share their memories about the 40th Anniversary of the Walk on the Moon. Where were you when man first walked on the Moon in 1969? How old were you? Did you see it on television? Through reminiscing, visitors will commemorate this momentous scientific achievement. Past is Prologue: Celebrating 50 Years of America in Space is a 24-by 48-inch acrylic on stretched canvas completed in 2008 by Timothy Alan Neil Gagnon, on loan from the private collection of Capital Region resident Kenneth M. Schwartz. The painting hung for a year in the United States Space Walk of Fame Museum in Titusville, Florida. The painting attempts to capture the essence of the entire history of US space exploration on one canvas, beginning with the Soviet launch of Sputnik, which propelled the United States space exploration movement. US spacecraft and launch vehicles are represented in the painting, including Apollo, Gemini and the Space Shuttle. There are 16 portraits across the bottom of the painting, including first American in space Alan Shepherd, first American to orbit the Earth John Glenn, and African-American physician and NASA astronaut Mae Jemison. Titusville, Florida resident Timothy Alan Neil Gagnon is a graphic and portrait artist with a life-long passion for space exploration. His work is on display at the Kennedy Space Center, the International Space Station, and City Hall in Elmira, New York. Past is Prologue: Celebrating 50 Years of America in Space is the centerpiece of Celebrating America in Space, which also includes Apollo 14 blueprints, a Gemini Capsule model, and other space exploration artifacts that will be on display at the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium until October 15, 2009. This event is part of a series of activities at the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium for the International Year of Astronomy, which marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s use of a telescope and the publication of Kepler’s Astronomia Nova. The Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium is located on Nott Terrace Heights in Schenectady. Admission to the Celebrating America in Space program on July 17 is FREE. For more information, please visit SchenectadyMuseum.org or call 518-382-7890. [b]About Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium[/b] Founded in 1934, the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium is a dynamic destination offering highly engaging interactives, where science is fun for everyone. In addition to the Suits-Bueche Planetarium, which has the only GOTO Star Projector in the entire Northeast, the Museum is the only science center in Tech Valley to offer the GE Photograph collection, with more than 1.6 million prints and negatives; an archival collection with more than 3,500 cubic feet of historic materials; and more than 40,000 objects relating to the history of science and technology. The Museum also offers the only FETCH! Lab in the entire Northeast, with hands-on activities patterned after the popular PBS show FETCH!, in collaboration with WMHT. During 2008, the Museum welcomed more than 44,000 visitors, including students, researchers, business leaders, tourists, and many others.
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