posted 11-15-2018 07:51 AM               

Other events will be added throughout the anniversary year. Visit Lift Off NC: Apollo + Beyond to sign up for updates and follow #LiftOffNC on social media.

• Space Documentaries on IMAX: "Hubble 3D," "In Saturn's Rings" and "Journey To Space 3D" at the Marbles IMAX, Raleigh. Ongoing.

• Astronomy Days at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh. Sat.-Sun. Jan. 26-27, 2019.

• An Evening with Astronaut Mae C. Jemison: Exploring the Frontiers of Science and Human Potential, presented by the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, Carolina Theatre, Durham. Wed. March 13, 2019.

• Model Rocket Workshop, Museum of Life and Science, Durham. Sat. March 16 (Build Day) and Sat. March 23 (Launch Day).

• Moon Madness, Museum of Life and Science, Durham. Tue. March 26 – Sun. March 31.

• NC Space Grant Space Symposium, The StateView Hotel, Raleigh. Thurs. – Fri. Apr. 4-5.

• Standing on the Shoulders of Apollo: The US Space Program – Past, Present, Future, with speaker Gerald D. Griffin, former Flight Director, Project Apollo, NC Museum of History, Raleigh. Thurs. Apr. 4.

• Exhibit Opening: One Giant Leap: North Carolina and the Space Race, NC Museum of History, Raleigh. Fri. Apr. 5, 2019 – Jan. 5, 2020.

• One Giant Leap: North Carolina to the Moon [and Back], speakers Gerald D. Griffin, former Director. Johnson Space Center, and Jessica Bandel, guest curator, NC Museum of History, Raleigh. Apr. 5.

• Workshop: Lunar Science for All Learners, NC Space Grant, The StateView Hotel, Raleigh. Sat. Apr. 6.

• 2019 Statewide Star Party, presented by the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, NC Space Grant and the NC Science Festival. Fri. – Sat. Apr. 12-13.

• Adult Space Camp, Museum of Life and Science, Durham. Thurs. Apr. 25.

• Tinkering Family Workshops: Hardwired Code – Apollo and the Invention of Software, Museum of Life and Science, Durham. Fri. – Sat. Apr. 26-27.

• Film Screening: "Earthrise" presented by the Museum of Life and Science, Carolina Theatre, Durham. Wed. May 15.

• A Space Spectacular! NC Symphony plays music from "Star Wars," Holdt's "The Planets" and more, Booth Amphitheatre, Cary. Sat. June 1.

• Countdown To Launch, Museum of Life and Science, Durham. Sat. June 8.

• One Giant Leap Festival, NC Museum of History Plaza, Raleigh. Sat. July 20.

• Apollo Astronaut Exhibit, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, Chapel Hill. July – December, 2019.