Join us at WJCT Studios for a conversation of the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Chasing the Moon program featuring panelists that will focus on the various impacts the space program and the lunar landing have had on humanity.
- 6PM – 7PM Reception
- 7PM – 8:30PM Conversation
HOST & EMCEE
- Eddie Whisler – Director of the Bryan-Gooding Planetarium, Museum of Science & History
PANEL
- W. Brian Lane, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics, Jacksonville University
What Makes Space Travel so Difficult - Matthew Groe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Jacksonville University
Justice, Politics, and the Conquest of Space - Joana Owens, Ph.D.
Professor of Humanities, Jacksonville University
What Does Space Exploration Mean to Humanity?
SPECIAL GUEST
- Lee Giat
Student Astronaut, Xploration Station
Planetarium Educator, Museum of Science & History
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
- Justin Kugler
Vice President for Advanced Programs and Concepts, Made In Space, Inc.
The Fantastic Future: A Discussion on the Next Era of Space Exploration
This event is FREE but seating is limited and reservations are required.
OTHER CHASING THE MOON EVENTS AT MOSH:
- Planetarium Night Live presents The Moon in Half a Century
Friday, June 21, 2019 | 7PM – 8:30PM
MOSH: 1025 Museum Cir, Jacksonville, FL 32207
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing as we explore the moon’s origins and nature given what we’ve learned because of, and since those historic first steps. Amazing historic video, demonstrations, and planetarium immersion will be woven together to tell one of the greatest stories of our celestial next door neighbor.
$5 for Museum Members | $10 non-members - MOSH After Dark presents Moon Landing: Looking Back 50 Years Ago
Thursday, June 27, 2019 | 6PM – 9PM
MOSH: 1025 Museum Cir, Jacksonville, FL 32207
Encounter nostalgia from the 1960s as we relive the moon landing with Dr. Mike Reynolds, Prof. of Astronomy and U.S. State Department’s Speakers Bureau presenter for Apollo 11! Then experience live demos in the Bryan-Gooding Planetarium intended to explore both the origin of the moon and the many lunar mysteries researchers are still trying to solve today.
$20 for Members | $25 for Non-members - Exhibition: Astronaut
September 14, 2019 — January 4, 2020
MOSH: 1025 Museum Cir, Jacksonville, FL 32207
A traveling exhibition that explores the physical and mental challenges involved in space exploration and gives visitors a taste of what life is like outside of Earth and its atmosphere. Through interactive exhibits, visitors can experience g-force, conduct maintenance on a space station, grow space food and learn the realities of showering, sleeping and using the toilet in space. The exhibition also focuses on team work to solve problems, accurately perform tasks and overcome challenges that an astronaut would face on a real mission to the cosmos
Exhibition included with Museum admission.
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When
Thursday, July 18, 2019
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where
WJCT Studios
100 Festival Park Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
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