Apollo 13 Astronauts to Appear at Kennedy Space Center
Posted by Ashley McChesney on Mon, Mar 29, 2010 @ 12:34 PM
Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex is holding events next month in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, which was coined "a successful failure" back in the day and turned into a motion picture in 1995.
On April 10, the complex will have a special "Astronaut Encounter," featuring Jim Lovell and Fred Haise, two members of the Apollo 13 crew. (Third member Jack Swigert died in 1982.) The astronauts will tell spaceflight stories, including their experiences aboard Apollo 13, which included an explosion en route to the moon, four days in space using the lunar module as a lifeboat and a journey around the far side of the moon on their gut-wrenching trip back to Earth. The appearance starts at 10:30 a.m.
On April 9, Charlie Duke, who was backup lunar module pilot for Apollo 13, will be signing copies of his book Moonwalker at the complex. Two years later, Duke flew to the moon on Apollo 16 and became the 10th man to walk on the moon. Books will be available for purchase at the complex's Space Shop, and the book-signing will begin at 3:30.
Via: Orlando Sentinel
Both experiences are included in regular admission to the attraction.
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