Open AccessMoon landing anniversary
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2009eo270005
Subject(s) - apollo , moon landing , rocket (weapon) , aeronautics , center (category theory) , research center , cruise , meteorology , astrobiology , engineering , aerospace engineering , geography , political science , physics , law , zoology , chemistry , biology , crystallography
To commemorate the Apollo program and the fortieth anniversary of the first lunar landing, NASA has announced a nearly month‐long series of activities at various locations around the United States during July. Events include a 16 July roundtable discussion about the Apollo program at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C.; Moonfest 2009 at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., on 19 July; a First Footprint Celebration at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., on 20 July; and an Apollo 11 Splashdown Celebration at Johnson Space Center on 24 July.