THE US MOON LANDING DESTINATIONS


Space Camp – an immersive, unique learning programme where wannabe astronauts and space lovers of any age stay on site while taking part in team-building activities and completing simulated space missions to give them an idea of what it’s really like to fly in space.


 NASA SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON No list would be complete without mentioning Houston, home of the Apollo Mission Control Center at Nasa Johnson Space Center, where Nasa plans and carries out its space flight missions. This year, the Mission Control


Center (which includes the Mission Control Room, Visitor Viewing Room and Simulation Control Room) is undergoing a $5 million restoration, ready to open for the anniversary in July to show how the area looked


when the landing took place. Here, visitors will be able to see original control consoles used to monitor the mission, alongside an array of other space-related artefacts to complement the 400 objects on show at the Space Center. Highlights include spacesuits from across the decades, an Apollo 17 Command Module, a Skylab training module and a rock from the moon. Beyond the centre itself there’ll be plenty going on to honour the anniversary, including a glowing orb sculpture (with projection- mapped satellite imagery) on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, and a string of other festivities. Marriott Marquis Houston


even has a Mission to the Moon package available in July, featuring moon-themed cocktails and a salt-stone Moon Melt Massage. Who said the whole space thing was hard?


Best of the rest


 Columbus State University’s Coca-Cola Space Science Center (pictured) has opened an exhibition to coincide with the anniversary. It features artefacts from the Apollo and Space Shuttle programmes, alongside two new planetarium shows.


 The National Gallery in Washington DC is luring artsy types with an Apollo 11-themed photography exhibition showing


glass stereographs taken on the moon by Armstrong and Aldrin, plus photos of the astronauts themselves.


 Flagstaff in Arizona will host events to mark its role as the place where much of the training for the mission took place. Highlights include astronomer talks at the Lowell Observatory, a ‘star party’ at the Grand Canyon and rides in a buggy used in the lunar landing.


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PICTURE: COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY COCA-COLA SPACE SCIENCE CENTER


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