You’re invited to a free party welcoming back to Muncie’s National Model Aviation Museum the 1/40-scale test models sent along with NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft as it brought the Space Shuttle Endeavour to Los Angeles. Also returning to the museum after a loan to The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis are five NASA research models used to explore ideas of how humans could travel to – and return from – space.
To celebrate these models, the party will involve hands-on games and activities, as well as speakers, story time, snacks and door prizes. A special thanks to the Muncie Astronomy Club, Rocketeers of Central Indiana, Muncie Public Library, and Toys Forever Models & Hobbies for joining us in these activities.
Important Details:
Cost: FREE!
Date: November 17, 2012
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: National Model Aviation Museum
5151 East Memorial Drive
Muncie, IN 47302
Contact information: (765) 287-1256, ext. 509, or emilyl@modelaircraft.org
Schedule:
The schedule will be updated as activities are planned. Keep watching this blog!
10:00 a.m. – Doors open
Snacks, games make and take rockets and other hands-on activities will be happening all day.
10:30 a.m. – Story time
11:00 a.m. – Door prize raffle
11:00 a.m. – Live Skype presentation by Robert “Hoot” Gibson, space shuttle commander, retired astronaut, and lifetime AMA member.
12:00 p.m. – Door prize raffle
12:00 p.m. – Story time
1:00 p.m.– Door prize raffle
1:30 p.m. – Story time
2:00 p.m. – Door prize raffle
2:00 p.m. – Live Skype presentation by Gary Ash and Jeffrey Moultrie, from NASA’s Johnson Space Center; Jeff is a pilot, and Gary a Flight Engineer for the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
3:00 p.m. – Door prize raffle
3:00 p.m. – Library story time
3:45 p.m. – Door prize raffle