Dec
10
Sat
2022
Dec 10 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Join us at the museum on Saturday, December 10, at 1:00 p.m. for a celebration of the US Lunar Missions. The first humans to orbit the Moon were the crew of Apollo 8 in December of 1968. The last humans to step off the Moon were the crew of Apollo 17 in December of 1972. The Artemis 1 mission will end its journey around the Moon on December 11, 2022, bringing the promise of the next chapter in lunar exploration.
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Local aviation and aerospace historian Walter Gordon will highlight Western New York’s contributions to NASA’s Apollo missions and Moog aerospace engineer Kathryn Nowicki will describe the plans for NASA’s Artemis program.
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The Road To The Moon Went Through Western New York!
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Regular museum admission fees apply. Free to museum members.
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