posted 07-03-2009 09:28 AM               

The Eagle Has Landed at Auburn
A Commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing

Thursday, July 16, 2009
Auburn University Campus

Morning Program, 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art Auditorium

• 8:30-8:45 a.m.: Opening Remarks - Dr. James R. Hansen, AU History, Professor and Director, Honors College

  Welcome - Dr. Larry Benefield, AU Dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

• 8:45-9:30 a.m. - Keys to Apollo's Success and What They Should Mean for Our Future in Space - Dr. Michael Griffin, former NASA Administrator and current Professor of Engineering at University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH)

• 9:30-10:00 a.m. - Why the Moon Is Important - Dr. Richard Miller, UAH Astrophysicist and Lunar Expert

• 10:00-10:20 a.m. - Coffee Break

• 10:20-10:50 a.m. - The Genius of the Saturn V - Dr. Roy Hartfield, AU Professor of Aerospace Engineering

• 10:50-11:20 a.m. - "The Eagle Has Wings": The Genesis of the Lunar Landing Vehicle - Dr. Christian Gelzer, Chief Historian, NASA Dryden Research Center

• 11:20-11:45 a.m. - Comments and discussion

• 11:50-1:15 p.m. - Lunch Break

Afternoon Program, 1:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art

• 1:15-1:45 p.m. - Book signing (Art Museum Foyer) - Dr. Michael Griffin, Dr. Tahir Rahman, M.D., Dr. James R. Hansen

• 1:45-2:15 p.m. - The Behind-the-Scenes Unsung Heroes of the Moon Landings - Mr. Andrew T. Baird, AU Doctoral candidate and Columbus State University History Instructor

• 2:15-3:00 p.m. - The First Men on the Moon as Icons - Dr. James R. Hansen, AU History Professor and Neil Armstrong Biographer

• 3:00-3:30 p.m. - We Came in Peace for All Mankind: The Untold Story of the Apollo 11 Silicon Disk - Dr. Tahir Rahman, M.D., author of book by same title

Evening Program, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Student Activities Center Ballroom

• 7:00-7:45 p.m. - Video: CBS News Coverage of Apollo 11 - Introduced by Herman O. Howard, Instructor of Media, Johnson C. Smith University

• 8:00-9:30 p.m. - Film: "Moonwalk One" (1970) - Introduced by Dr. Guy Beckwith, AU History Professor