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Topic: Apollo 11 40th anniversary
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Lou Chinal
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From: Staten Island, NY
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posted 02-14-2009 10:12 AM
   
Is anyone planing a trip to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. this July? Naturally the 20th is the big date but anytime that week? It would be nice to see some other cS's there. |
ilbasso
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From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 02-14-2009 10:12 AM
That's a great idea! I have put it on my calendar. |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 02-14-2009 10:39 AM
Although it hasn't been officially announced yet by the museum, Buzz Aldrin has noted on his website that he will be part of the National Air and Space Museum's annual John H. Glenn Lecture on Sunday, July 19.Aldrin will also be taking part in a book signing that day for his new memoir. On July 16, the museum will open a new exhibit of Alan Bean's Apollo paintings, but that's a topic for another thread.
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JWoytach
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From: North Ridgeville
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 02-15-2009 10:46 AM
Are KSC and NASM planning any events where the Apollo 11 flight crew will be together? |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 02-15-2009 12:03 PM
Only Buzz Aldrin's participation has been confirmed to date, as a result his listing the dates on his own website's calendar.Perhaps we'll learn of Mike Collins' plans after his attendance at Spacefest. In addition to the National Air and Space Museum's events (as noted earlier), Kennedy Space Center is planning a celebration on July 24, as is the USS Hornet Museum in California on July 25. |
Farris Rookstool, III
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From: Dallas, TX, USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 02-17-2009 12:08 PM
I asked Neil Armstrong what NASA and NASM had planned for his 40th he replied, "I honestly don't know as no one has contacted me to let me know." This was in October when I was driving him to the Airport. |
xlsteve
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From: Holbrook MA, USA
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted 02-17-2009 04:17 PM
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Originally posted by Lou Chinal:
Is anyone planing a trip to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. this July?
The wife and I plan on being down there for the opening of Alan Bean's exhibition, the signings and whatever else might be going on.
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spaceman1953
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From: South Bend, IN
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 02-18-2009 03:33 PM
Seems like the call from NASA to the crew would go something like, "So what would YOU like to do for the 40th anniversary?" |
ilbasso
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From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 03-03-2009 12:05 AM
I see that on July 20 at the NASM, Buzz Aldrin will be signing copies of his new book, "Magnificent Desolation," from 11:00 to 2:00. Al Bean will be signing his book, "Painting Apollo" from 2:00 to 4:00 in the Cassini/Saturn Gallery, and then will be moving to the gift shop to sign the DVD "Alan Bean Artist Astronaut" from 4:00 to 5:30.So, we know that both Buzz and Al will be in the building that day! Overheard at Spacefest...someone asked Mike Collins if there were going to be any Apollo 11 40th anniversary events. His reply: "Gosh, I sure hope not!" |
xlsteve
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From: Holbrook MA, USA
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted 03-03-2009 10:38 AM
Buzzaldrin.com mentions that he will be appearing at a "Glenn Series - Apollo 11 event". I wonder if that means it is intended to be like the Apollo 8 event last year. Of course that would mean that Armstrong and Collins would need to consent to appear as well. It's possible to have the event with just Buzz, but maybe NASM is waiting to announce something until they know for sure who is going to be there (plus it's only March after all).
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thump
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Registered: May 2004
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posted 03-13-2009 08:42 AM
Last evening, prior to a lecture by Medal of Honor recipient Leo Thorsness, Gen. Dailey stated that there would be a Apollo 11 event with all 3 astronauts at NASM, but did not mention a date... |
ilbasso
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From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 03-13-2009 09:00 PM
Checking the NASM calendar, it looks like Al Bean will be at the NASM for several days. His exhibit opens on July 16 and he has book signings scheduled July 16, 18, and 19, with DVD signings the last two days. |
AJ
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From: Plattsburgh, NY, United States
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-14-2009 11:51 AM
I'm planning on going to NASM for the weekend of the 19th, regardless of what unfolds. I've been wanting to go back to Washington for a few years and with the chance to attend book signings by both Buzz and my favorite, Alan Bean, I decided to go for it. It will be pretty interesting to see what plans unfold in the next few months! |
Wehaveliftoff
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posted 03-16-2009 10:23 AM
An Apollo 11th reunion on the 40th or whenever is not like a Beatles reunion, I hope Neil, etc. realize that. |
fabfivefreddy
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From: Leawood, Kansas USA
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 03-17-2009 09:41 AM
I believe there will be a ceremony at the White House with President Obama for the 40th Anniversary. |
Rob Joyner
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posted 03-17-2009 04:46 PM
Has there been a White House photo opp with the entire Apollo 11 crew every five years for a while now ('94, '99, '04)?I think I recall one on the 25th and also the 35th anniversaries. Not sure about the 30th in '99. |
fabfivefreddy
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From: Leawood, Kansas USA
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posted 03-18-2009 05:31 PM
Here is the crew with George W. Bush for the 35th anniversary. Maybe Robert can find all the photos from the years of reunions. It would make for a great picture gallery. |
Steve Procter
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From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
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posted 03-19-2009 12:56 PM
Thought you might be interested in the Leeds Beer Festival and it's crop of beers with a 'Moon' theme to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing.These include 'Giant Leap' with the photo of Buzz on the pump. I have yet to sample... Yorkshire Evening Post: Moon landing celebration for Leeds beer festival The anniversary 40 years ago of man's first moon landing is being celebrated at an unlikely setting today – Leeds Beer, Cider and Perry Festival which runs until Saturday.The festival, which is supported by the Yorkshire Evening Post, will have on draught more than 160 real ales – beer brewed using traditional methods and ingredients. Added to that will be more than 20 ciders, perries and bottled beers. And among them will be beers named to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. Moonshine, Full Moon, Over the Moon Mild, Bark at the Moon, New Moon, Pale Moonlight, Thirsty Moon, Dark Side of the Moon and Moondance will all be on tap at the festival at Pudsey Civic Hall. |
FFrench
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From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 03-19-2009 01:38 PM
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Originally posted by Steve Procter:
These include 'Giant Leap' with the photo of Buzz on the pump.
When an alcoholic beverage company used that very same image of Buzz in an advertisement some years ago in the US, Aldrin, a recovering alcoholic, sued them and (as I understand it) won a large settlement. I hope the folks in Leeds obtained permission to use his image for their alcohol product, or they may well find themselves in the same position...
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Rick Mulheirn
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From: England
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posted 03-24-2009 06:14 AM
I have it on good authority the BBC will be showing a series of programs throughout the day on July 21 to commemorate the 40th anniversary. |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-13-2009 11:36 AM
Turner Classic Movies release: TCM Goes to the Moon with Buzz Aldrin
Monday, July 20, beginning at 8 p.m. (ET)Legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin will join Robert Osborne to introduce an evening of movies commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Aldrin will introduce such lunar classics as A Trip to the Moon (1914), For All Mankind (1989), The Right Stuff (1983), Marooned (1969) and Capricorn One (1978). |
stsmithva
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From: Fairfax, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 04-13-2009 05:53 PM
"Capricorn One"?!!!? Nooooooooooooo!Moon hoax believers will say he's rubbing it in their faces. Okay, I'm kidding about being horrified, but sheesh, I am surprised that they picked that cheesy movie. I do look forward to seeing the others. |
Mike Isbell
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From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 04-13-2009 07:29 PM
I think that a better choice would have been Countdown (1968) with James Caan and Robert Duvall. |
AJ
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From: Plattsburgh, NY, United States
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 04-14-2009 05:13 PM
TCM showcased Capricorn One on a Friday night recently. Someone at the channel must be a big fan. |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-17-2009 08:04 PM
Newsday: Angelina Jolie film may scuttle Grumman's Bethpage plans Northrop Grumman Corp. officials would like to inspect Plant 5 in Bethpage, where the lunar landing modules that took astronauts to the moon 40 years ago was built by the old Grumman Corp., to see whether it could be used for an anniversary celebration in July of that historic event.But there's one problem: Angelina Jolie is at work in Plant 5. No, she's not building spacecraft. The actress and a crew are using the old Plant 5 to film "Salt," a spy flick. "We wanted to see if we could do anything with the old building" to help mark the anniversary of the moon landing July 20, 1969, Dianne Baumert-Moyik, a Northrop Grumman spokeswoman, said last week. "But we didn't want to interrupt the filming." ...the situation has created something of a quandary for Northrop Grumman, the Los Angeles-based aerospace and defense company that maintains a major facility in Bethpage. The company no longer owns Plant 5, having sold it to Nassau County, which in turn sold it to an East Setauket-based developer, who has named the building Lunar Module Park Llc. So the company can't exactly barge in. The article goes on to report that a spokeswoman for the film said Northrop Grumman had not contacted them about entering the plant. "This is the first we've heard of it," she said. "Have Northrop Grumman contact us." |
manilajim
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From: Bergenfield, NJ USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 04-20-2009 08:22 PM
Today's Newsday reports that Northrop Grumman would like to have some type of event at the old Bethpage site to celebrate the 40th anniversary in July. If it is unavailable then they plan to have a celebration in conjunction with the Cradle of Aviation Museum nearby. (This is a great museum for aerospace buffs!) Wherever it is, I'll be there!
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Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-27-2009 04:17 PM
Excerpts from a Fremont Street Experience release: Travel Back in Time to 1969 as Fremont Street Experience Presents 'Summer of '69: Vegas or Bust'Fremont Street Experience takes Las Vegas back 40 years this summer with the Summer of '69: Vegas or Bust festival and concert series beginning Memorial Day weekend. The celebration offers tourists and residents a summer full of free concerts by major iconic bands from 1969, including The Guess Who, Blood Sweat & Tears, Rare Earth, Janis Joplin's Original Band Big Brother & The Holding Company, The Grass Roots, Jefferson Starship, The 5th Dimension, Canned Heat and Three Dog Night. Fremont Street Experience will transform itself for the 40th anniversary of 1969 by taking visitors back to the legendary year. The "Summer of '69: Vegas or Bust" event series kicks off Memorial Day weekend and continues 108 days through Labor Day weekend. All summer long, themed nightly entertainment will also include cover bands and tribute artists, theatrical performances with costumed entertainers, new Viva Vision shows paying tribute to the year 1969 and special guest appearances. All concerts and entertainment are free to the public. "We invite everyone to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic and influential year 1969," said Fremont Street Experience President Jeff Victor. "Fremont Street Experience is presenting an impressive line-up of major music artists from 1969 to the public at no cost. It will be a groovy summer of music, entertainment and lots of fun. With downtown Las Vegas consistently offering great deals on rooms, dining and entertainment, there is no better vacation spot to have a great time at a great value."
"One Giant Leap: 40th Anniversary of Moon Landing" will mark the historic event of mankind, commemorating the launch of Apollo 11 on Thursday, July 16, the landing on the moon on Monday, July 20, then splashdown back on Earth. Special "moon landing" concerts will feature Jefferson Starship on Saturday, July 18 and The 5th Dimension on Saturday, July 25.
All 10 Fremont Street Experience properties (Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel, The California, Fitz Casino and Hotel, Four Queens Hotel & Casino, Fremont Hotel & Casino, Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, Golden Nugget, Main Street Station Casino, Brewery & Hotel, Plaza Hotel & Casino and Vegas Club Hotel & Casino) will take part in the "Summer of '69: Vegas or Bust" with specially themed promotions and outdoor food and drink specials. Retail shops and kiosks will also feature custom "Summer of '69" merchandise. All events are free and open to the public. |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-28-2009 09:18 AM
ScienceDude: Nixon Library to host restrospective of Apollo moon landings The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation in Yorba Linda is sketching out plans to host a retrospective and celebration of the Apollo moon landings, historic events made posssible, in part, by thousands of aerospace workers across Orange County.The date and details of the retrospective have yet to be worked out. But Sandy Quinn, a spokesman for the Library, says the exhibit will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, which occurred on July 20, 1969 when Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and future Laguna Beach resident Buzz Aldrin touched down in the moon's dry Sea of Tranquility. |
xlsteve
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posted 04-30-2009 08:18 AM
I just noticed that the NASM web site has taken down the listing for Alan Bean's book signing for 7/16, 7/18 and 7/19. I'm hoping he hasn't canceled his appearance there. |
BobbyA
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posted 04-30-2009 10:17 AM
Is that true? Did Alan Bean cancel? That would be a big let down. |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-30-2009 10:31 AM
Alan Bean has not canceled, however the museum is currently rescheduling the book signing(s) to fit within his activities that week. Their website (and Sightings) should be updated soon with the confirmed dates. |
xlsteve
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posted 04-30-2009 11:12 AM
Thanks Robert. A lot of those dates had been out there since the beginning of the year, and I know there is a lot going on that week in D.C. We are getting ready to plan our trip down, that's why I was checking. |
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posted 05-08-2009 02:04 PM
From the Air and Space Society web site: On the eve of the fortieth anniversary of Apollo 11's first human landing on the Moon, the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum welcomes the Apollo 11 crew, as well as Mission Control creator and former Johnson Space Center director Chris Kraft as the speakers for the Museum's 2009 John H. Glenn lecture in space history. Forty years ago, the United States sent the first human beings to land on the surface of the Moon. Apollo 11 was the culmination of years of research, engineering, and hard work by the crew as well as by thousands of people on the ground. Join these distinguished speakers as they each offer their own unique perspectives on flight in America. The speakers will not be signing autographs at the lecture. Tickets will be available through a drawing conducted through the Museum's website. Please check back for more information to be posted in May 2009. |
ejectr
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posted 05-11-2009 05:53 PM
Directions to obtain tickets are now listed on that site. |
stsmithva
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posted 05-11-2009 07:24 PM
I think it's a little funny that the directions read: Requests for tickets will be taken by web request from 10:00 AM, Tuesday, May 26 -- midnight, Monday, June 1, 2009. Tickets for the Apollo 8 event last November were gone in 90 SECONDS. I'm guessing that anyone trying after 10:02 AM, Tuesday, May 26 is going to be disappointed. Or am I missing something? |
Tom
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posted 05-11-2009 07:42 PM
I believe they're collecting all requests during that 5 day period, and then draw winning entries from those. |
ejectr
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posted 05-11-2009 08:25 PM
Correct! |
stsmithva
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posted 05-12-2009 07:46 PM
Oh for goodness' sake, I needed to read just one more line to see about the drawing. That's the kind of thing I scold my students for. Well, I think the drawing is a good idea. I was wondering what I was going to have the aforementioned students doing at 10:00 a.m. on a Tuesday so I could hit the refresh button 50 times until the instant the ticket request came online. This way is more fair. Requires more luck, but it's more fair. |
thump
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posted 05-13-2009 08:52 AM
Fair for some, not for others like myself who volunteer there, we will most certainly be blacklisted from this drawing, as in the past when there was a popular lecture, we've been specificallly asked to give up our tickets |
Rob Joyner
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posted 05-25-2009 04:10 PM
I may be thinking of something else but wasn't Aldrin once scheduled to be at KSC in July? |
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