Framingham State will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing on Thursday, July 18th, with a special event at the Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning that will feature hands-on activities and a film screening in the Planetarium.

The celebration will include several activities and planetarium screenings held from 2:30 to 6 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., a special film screening on the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing will be shown. This event is free and open to the public.
The Planetarium Program schedule is:

• 2:45 pm – Oasis in Space
• 3:30 pm – Supernova
• 4:30 pm – Oasis in Space
• 5:30 pm – Back to the Moon for Good
• 6:30 pm – Special Film Presentation

The family friendly hand-on activities include:

• Observing the Sun (weather permitting)
• Exploring Lava Tubes on the Lunar Surface
• Launching Stomp Rockets
• Designing the Orion Spacecraft
• Observing Impact Craters
• Building a Lunar Habitat
• Making a Pocket Solar System

This special event is part of the Moon Landing in Context Series, a 15-month project, which aims to contextualize the moon landing within the historical, social, and cultural framework of the Sixties.

For more information, visit http://christa.org/fsu-special-events/.