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Apollo 10 and Pop Culture

May 4, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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During the Apollo 10 mission, the “dress rehearsal” for the first Moon landing, the mission’s call signs included the names of the Peanuts characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy, which became Apollo 10’s semi-official mascots. In partnership with the Charles Schulz Museum and Research Center, the Museum will host a panel and guests to explore the societal impact of the Space Age–from cartoons to movies and more! Joining this event around 1PM is the 501st and Rebel Legions! Come aboard to meet and greet members of the 501st and Rebel Legions, all-volunteer organizations formed for the express purpose of bringing together costume enthusiasts and contributing to the local community through costumed charity and volunteer work.”

“Spaceflight in popular culture has served two important functions—apart from its entertainment value, that is. first, it served to inspire at a time when the entire notion of traveling into space or to other worlds was an idea beneath the contempt of most scientists and engineers. it not only inspired, it carried the torch for the centuries it took for technology to finally make space travel a reality. Second, it acted—and still acts—as a mirror or gauge of both public interest in spaceflight and the state of contemporary astronautical science.” – Ron Miller in Spaceflight and Popular Culture

The panel begins at 1PM and is included in standard Museum General Admission!

For more information on our Splashdown 50 celebration, please visit www.uss-hornet.org/splashdown50!

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Date:
May 4, 2019
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1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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USS Hornet Museum

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