Moonfest 2009 celebrates the exploration of the moon with a festival on Sunday, July 19, 2009, 12 noon - 6 p.m., at the NASA Ames Research Center. Everyone is welcome to this free event!

On July 20, 1969, our nation and the world watched in awe as the first humans stepped foot onto another world. Please come celebrate the 40th anniversary of this momentous landing on Sunday, July 19, 2009 with Moonfest 2009: From Apollo to LCROSS, and Beyond.

This event will celebrate the accomplishments of NASA, focused around the Apollo 11 landing, while also showcasing subsequent and planned future explorations of the moon by the United States and other space-faring nations. The day will include scientific talks, rocket launches, musical performances, and more.

The event is being organized by the NASA Lunar Science Institute, a new organization that supplements and extends existing NASA lunar science programs, and LCROSS, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission, which had a successful launch on June 18, 2009.

For more details, visit http://moonfest.arc.n...

NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, California 94035
Phone: (650) 604-5000