APOLLO 11, 50 YEARS ANNIVERSARY

[Darula]

There is a map to all UK events 

https://gostargazing.co.uk/2019/04/24/apollo-50th-anniversary-celebration-events/

[Pete Presland]

There is also a cinema release to celebrate this event as well.

https://www.empirecinemas.co.uk/synopsis/apollo_11/f6697

https://www.cineworld.co.uk/films/apollo-11/ho00006469#/buy-tickets-by-film?for-movie=ho00006469&view-mode=list

Edited June 27, 2019 by Pete Presland

[Gfamily]

22 hours ago, Darula said:

There is a map to all UK events 

https://gostargazing.co.uk/2019/04/24/apollo-50th-anniversary-celebration-events/

The gostargazing website is a fantastic resource - I regularly recommend it to people who are starting out. 

The dedicated Apollo celebrations page is great too. 

[noah4x4]

That day has huge memories for me. Aged merely 16, I was representing Great Britain at the Idaho Farragut State Park Boy Scouts of America International jamboree. First time I had left the UK, let alone flown to another continent.. Was privileged to meet Astronaut, Frank Borman; Boxer, Archie Moore and Jessie Owens. Then watched the Moon landing on a colour TV which I had never seen before (and yes, the lunar images were grey!).

The overall experience changed my life deeply as it instilled a "can do" mentality into a previously unambitous child that had up to that point largely wasted his education and opportunities. I went on to enjoy a wonderful career that brought great satisfaction and reasonable affluence. But had I not been inspired by the combination of the Moon landing and this additional event. I suspect that I might have stumbled through life. But instead I now have few "I wish I had"  regrets. One of my greatest is perhaps not making time to properly enjoy astronomy until my retirement, but one cannot have everything.