To the Moon and Back: An Evening with America’s Space Heroes

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Evening Events:

5:30pm – Reception

6:30pm – Dinner, Program & Auction

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On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a national goal to the American people of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth within a decade.” President Kennedy’s challenge resulted in an international space race, spurring on previously unprecedented technological advances through the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs.

In all, 12 Americans would walk on the moon. The first, Neil Armstrong, took “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” on July 20, 1969, successfully accomplishing President Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade. Six more Apollo missions flew to the moon, with Gene Cernan of Apollo 17 being the last person to ever leave footprints on the lunar surface in December of 1972, making him “The Last Man on the Moon.”

Cernan’s accomplishments, as well as those of his fellow Apollo 17 moonwalker, Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, were made possible by the hard work of teams of dedicated men and women who spent more than ten years focusing on successfully sending Americans to the Moon.

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