Science With a Twist: Apollo-palooza

Let us turn your METEORcre Friday night, into a BLAST! If planets, black holes, and the moon are your (space) jam, Friday, July 19, Arizona Science Center is the place to be! Channel your inner space cowboy for an out-of-this-world Science With A Twist. We’re getting SaTURN down for the Apollo 11 50th anniversary.

● Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mission and the first man on the moon.

● Sip a lunar libations – or two – while debunking conspiracy theories with the Blue Crew, our science interpreters

● Explore the Sun, Earth, Universe exhibit and discover the power of our sun, the vastness of the universe, and more

● Take a trip to the dark side of the moon with the Pink Floyd Laser Show in the Dorrance Planetarium

● Witness the “awe-inspiring” Apollo 11: First Steps Edition film exclusively showing on our five-story screen featuring never-before-seen 70mm footage and newly-discovered audio recordings of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, and the Mission Control team

EVENT SCHEDULE:
Friday, July 19 | 6–10 p.m.

Special Talk: Apollo at Fifty with guest speaker, Mike Mackowski of the National Space Society of Phoenix
Irene P. Flinn Giant Screen Theater | 7 p.m.

NASA Candidate Training | 6–7 p.m.

Deep Impact Activity | 7:30 p.m.

Debunking Conspiracy Theories | 8:30 p.m.

Rocket Launching with CREATE | 7:30–9:30 p.m.

Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Laser Show*

Dorrance Planetarium | 9 p.m.

Apollo 11: First Steps Edition*

Irene P. Flinn Giant Screen Theater | 8 p.m.

Mummies of the World: The Exhibition*

Open 6:30–10 p.m. | Last entry at 9:15 p.m.

*Event admission includes entry to the party, hands-on activities and demonstrations, access to all four levels of the Center, and tickets to the special talk. Cocktails, giant-screen films, laser shows, and Mummies of the World require additional paid tickets.
 
AGES:
Adults only, 21+
 
WHERE:
Arizona Science Center, 600 E. Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
 
WEBSITE:
azscience.org
 
TICKETS:
FREE for Members, $12 Non-Members

Members receive two (2) complimentary tickets, additional tickets $10 each.

Mummies of the World: The Exhibition

Open 6:30–9:15 p.m. | Last entry 9:15 p.m.

$9.95 Members, $11.95 Non-Members

Laser Shows in the Dorrance Planetarium (price per show)

$8 Members, $9 Non-Members

Films in the Irene P. Flinn Giant Screen Theater

$4.95 Members, $7.95 Non-Members