July 16, 2008

Michael Mewhinney 
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 
650-604-3937/207-1323
Michael.S.Mewhinney@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: 08_64AR

NASA AMES TO HOST PUBLIC EVENT DURING 'MOON WEEK' CELEBRATION

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – As part of a celebration of the 39th 
anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon on July 20, 1969, 
NASA Ames Research Center and the NASA Lunar Science Institute will 
host a festive lunar event open to the public on Sunday, July 20, 
2008. 

Featured at the free event will be panel discussions about the moon, 
fun and educational activities for children and families, and films, 
including official NASA Apollo documentaries. Among the activities 
for children will be opportunities to build and launch paper lunar 
rockets, create lunar craters and build miniature solar systems out 
of edible materials. 

Also featured will be remarks by noted planetary scientist Chris McKay 
entitled “What are We Going to Do on the Moon?” In addition, there 
will be presentations about the moon by space entrepreneurs and a 
panel of young NASA scientists and engineers.

The Sunday afternoon public event precedes a three-day Lunar Science 
Conference at NASA Ames from July 21-23, 2008, where a new generation 
of opportunities for conducting studies of the moon, on the moon and 
from the moon will be explored and lunar research findings will be 
discussed. 

WHAT: Free public event celebrating Apollo 11 anniversary.

WHERE: NASA Ames’ Exploration Center, located at the Moffett Field 
main gate, Bldg. 943 and Bldg. 3, the Ames Conference Center.

WHEN: 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. PDT, Sunday, July 20, 2008.

WHO: Lunar scientists, researchers and NASA officials.

To reach NASA Ames, drive on U.S. 101, exit at Moffett Field/NASA 
Parkway, drive east on Moffett Boulevard towards the main gate. Bldg. 
3 is located at the corner of South Akron Road and Severyns Road at 
NASA Ames. Bldg. 943 and the Exploration Center are located at the 
main gate. Media interested in attending any of the events should 
call Mike Mewhinney at 650/604-3937 or 650/207-1323.

For more information about the conference, visit:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/nlsc2008/

For more information about the NASA Lunar Science Institute, visit:

http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/

	
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