[Chaos-l] Astronaut in town this week

[Sorrell, Mickey Jo]

Hi folks,
Wanted to make sure you all knew about this event at Morehead this week.

I've cut and pasted the info below. Be sure to check the website listed for complete information.
Tickets are $30 a piece - $20 for members.

Mickey


Be the first to see Morehead Planetarium and Science Center's newest
planetarium show, "Solar System Odyssey," and meet Apollo astronaut Col. Al
Worden at the premiere!

Morehead will launch "Solar System Odyssey" (SSO) with a special premiere
event on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, beginning at 7 p.m. Col. Al Worden, who
served as Command Module Pilot (CMP) on Apollo 15, is guest of honor at
the SSO premiere event. He will speak about his experiences as an astronaut
and will sign copies of his new book, "Falling To Earth. http://www.alworden.com/apollo_xv.htm

The premiere event includes the first public screening of SSO and a
reception following Col. Worden's remarks.

Ticket Information


Each premiere event ticket includes:
  * Premiere screening of "Solar System Odyssey"
  * Presentation by Col. Al Worden, Apollo 15
  * Personalized, signed copy of Col. Worden's book, "Falling To Earth"
  * Dessert reception with Col. Worden

Premiere event tickets are limited, so please purchase your tickets as soon as possible. Ticket prices do not include parking; please arrive in
plenty of time to find parking in the area. http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=parking.html.

About Col. Al Worden

A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the University of
Michigan, Alfred Worden served in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot and a flight
instructor. He was one of 19 astronauts chosen by NASA in 1966 and
participated in training at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. He
served as a member of the Apollo 9 astronaut support crew and as backup CMP
for Apollo 12 before flying on the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. During that
mission, Col. Worden established a record for the most-distant-from-Earth
EVA (extravehicular activity, or "space walk") ever completed by a human,
spending 38 minutes outside the Command Module. That record still stands
today.

Col. Worden served as senior aerospace scientist for NASA's Ames Research
Center before retiring from active duty in 1975. He continued his career
with leadership positions with several companies within the aerospace and
aviation industries. The author of three books, Col. Worden has served as
chair of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation board of directors. In 2009,
NASA honored Col. Worden with the Ambassador of Exploration Award.

About Solar System Odyssey

"Solar System Odyssey" is the third fulldome planetarium show to be produced
by Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. Morehead received production
support from NASA through a CP4SMP competitive grant. For complete
information, please visit the "Solar System Odyssey" planetarium show
information page at http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename<http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=sso.html>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://rtpnet.org/pipermail/chaos-l/attachments/20111105/ffcd59b4/attachment.html>