The following is a list of events in Georgia celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo that GSGC is aware of. If you know of any others that should be included on this list, please send info to us at gsgc@gatech.edu
June events:
Cola-Cola Space Science Center's Apollo Legacy Celebration
Date/Time: June 21 at 7 PM and June 22, 2019 10 AM – 4 PM
Location: Columbus, Georgia
More info: event’s website
Friday: Keynote by astronaut Fred Haise titled “Failure Is Not an Option” details how competence, perseverance, and leadership combine to assure ultimate victory under any circumstances.
Saturday: Interactive activities, limited photo opportunity with astronaut Fred Haise, see real moon rocks from NASA, and more
Date/Time: June 20 at 1 PM – 3 PM
Location: Harlem, Georgia
More info: event’s website
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the moon landing with our local NASA Solar System Ambassador, Kelli Cody. Learn all about the Apollo missions and the moon!
July events:
Monday, July 15
Georgia Tech's Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11's Landing on the Moon
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
A live webcast event to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11’s historic moon landing. This live webcast is brought to you by the American Museum of Natural History and the STAR Library Network’s NASA@ My Library program. Located in Crosland Tower Rm 2130, at Georgia Tech)
Date/Time: July 15 at 4 PM – 5 PM
Location: Union City, Georgia
More info: event’s website
Join us for a live webcast of the guided recreation of Apollo 11’s journey to see how this mission was executed by crew members and mission control in Houston.
Alpharetta Branch Library 's Apollo 11 Moon Landing Webcast
Date/Time: July 15 at 4 PM – 5 PM
Location: Alpharetta, Georgia
More info: event’s website
Join us for a live webcast of the guided recreation of Apollo 11’s journey to see how this mission was executed by crew members and mission control in Houston.
Post Road Library 's Space Race and Beyond: 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11
Date/Time: July 15 at 7 PM – 9 PM
Location: Cumming, Georgia
More info: event’s website
Physicist John Indergaard will share history about the Space Race and talk about possibilities for space travel in the future.
Tuesday, July 16 (LAUNCH ANNIVERSARY)
Special Science Tales and Trails - A moonwalk to celebrate the moon landingDate/Time: July 16 8:30PM
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
More info: event website
Let’s take a walk along the Atlanta Beltline on the night of the Full Moon (and 50 years from the day the Apollo mission launched toward the moon) and learn about our closest celestial neighbor. R. Scott Harris (Staff Planetary Geologist, Fernbank Science Center / DeKalb County School District) will lead the walk. Walk begins at 8:45 PM at Old Fourth Ward Skate Park. AE undergraduates representing the SAC rocket team will demonstrate their rocket, and launch a smaller rocket ahead of the walk.
Date/Time: July 16 at 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Sugar Hill, Georgia
More info:
Sugar Hill will host a community rocket launch event followed by a matinee showing of the new “Apollo 11” film in the Eagle Theatre at 3pm. The movie will be free to those who participate in the rocket launch and $2 for those who don’t.
Gwinnett County Public Library (Centerville Branch)'s NASA @ My Library Lunar Landing Contest for Teens
Date/Time: July 16 at 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Snellville, Georgia
More info: event’s website
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing by assuming the role of a NASA aerospace engineer! Build a shock-absorbing system to protect two marshmallow “astronauts” upon landing and compete against teens from other branches. The top 3 engineers will win a prize!
Date/Time: July 16 at 7 PM – 8 PM
Location: Marietta, Georgia
More info: event’s website
Join NASA Ambassador Chris Thompson and the Mountain View Regional Library as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch. Mountain View patrons will join the history books by being able to touch space rocks just like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Lunar and space meteorites and other NASA memorabilia will be on display for patrons to look at and touch. Mr. Thompson will also discuss the history of the Apollo missions and the future of NASA and space exploration.
Global Launch - something that you can do with family/friends in your own backyard!
Date/Time: July 16 anytime
Location: anywhere Georgia
More info: event website
Wherever you are, we want you to join in the celebration with a rocket launch (learn to build your own rocket, or launch a stomp-rocket). The Global Launch is open to anyone who wants to participate, whether your group is large or small, or even a party of one.
Wednesday, July 17
Gwinnett County Public Library (Mountain Park Branch)'s NASA @ My Library Lunar Landing Contest for Teens
Date/Time: July 17 at 3 PM – 4 PM
Location: Lilburn, Georgia
More info: event’s website
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing by assuming the role of a NASA aerospace engineer! Build a shock-absorbing system to protect two marshmallow “astronauts” upon landing and compete against teens from other branches. The top 3 engineers will win a prize!
Friday, July 19
University of West Georgia's The Eagle has Landed: the 50th anniversary of the first manned lunar landingDate/Time: July 19 at 7:30 PM
Location: Carrollton, Georgia
More info: event’s website
A multi-media program, using scale models, videos, and animations to present details of the Apollo 11 mission, visit the launch site and the landing site, and review past and future lunar missions. Suitable for ages 6 and up. Located in Crider Lecture Hall, UWG’ s Math-Physics Bldg (Boyd)
Young Harris College Planetarium's Apollo 11: One Giant Leap
Date/Time: July 19 7 PM – 8 PM
Location: Young Harris, Georgia
More info: event’s website
Take a look back at how the astronauts of Apollo 11 arrived in lunar orbit on July 19, 1969 and completed a successful lunar landing the following day.
Saturday, July 20 (LANDING ANNIVERSARY)
Museum of Aviation's Apollo 11 Moon Landing CelebrationDate/Time: July 20, 2019 10 AM – 2 PM
Location: Warner Robins, Georgia
More info: event’s website
Activities and exhibitions at hanger and grounds
Fernbank Museum's Moon Landing Celebration
Date/Time: July 20, 2019 10 AM – 1 PM
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
More info: event’s website
Interactive activities and screening of Apollo 1: First Steps
East Roswell Library's Starry Night
Date/Time: July 20 at 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Roswell, Georgia
More info: Cost Free, open to the public. Space limited to 20, reservations required. Send email to Karen.swenson@fultoncountyga.gov
Art class/workshop
Lucas Theatre For the Arts' Arthouse Cinema: Apollo 11 screening
Date/Time: July 20 at 7 PM – 9 PM
Location: Savannah, Georgia
More info: event’s website
Join the Lucas Theatre in a special Arthouse Cinema screening of APOLLO 11 on the 50th anniversary of what many consider to be one of the greatest achievements in human history- the moon landing.
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Gwinnett County Public Library (Peachtree Corners Branch)'s NASA @ My Library Lunar Landing Contest for Teens
Date/Time: July 30 at 3 PM – 4 PM
Location: Peachtree Corners, Georgia
More info: event’s website
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing by assuming the role of a NASA aerospace engineer! Build a shock-absorbing system to protect two marshmallow “astronauts” upon landing and compete against teens from other branches. The top 3 engineers will win a prize!
And if you would like to make the short trip to Hunstville, Alabama, consider visiting Marshall Space Flight Center (the closest NASA center to much of Georgia):
US Space and Rocket Center
US Space and Rocket Center has multiple events planned throughout June and July:
Interactive activities, re-enactments, panel discussions, car show, parade, and more.
More info: event website