Space Day 2006

Space Day 2006
Friday, May 05
10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Throughout the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

A galactic adventure is guaranteed for all as the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum hosts the annual Space Day global celebration on Friday, May 5, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
The center will have extended hours, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., and parking will be free all day, courtesy of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Space Day will feature a busy schedule of astronaut appearances, live performances by the Smithsonian's acclaimed Discovery Theater, hands-on learning stations, book signings, curator talks, tours, stories for children and a special space-themed IMAX film festival with tickets discounted to $5 for each show. The films conclude with an 8 p.m. showing of the IMAX Experience version of the Tom Hanks drama "Apollo 13."

Visitors also will have the chance to win an array of prizes, including trips to Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala., and a Bushnell telescope.

Space Day, created in 1997 by Lockheed Martin, is designed to encourage students to consider careers in space exploration as they study math, science, engineering and technology. Lockheed Martin sponsors Space Day events across the United States and Canada with more than 70 partners and associates including the National Air and Space Museum and NASA.

This year's theme is "Living and Working on the Moon," which reflects NASA's plans to create a lunar test-bed that leads to human exploration of Mars and beyond. The space agency is readying designs for a new reusable spacecraft that can take up to six astronauts to the moon and back.

Organizations offering activity stations at the center will include NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AMSAT-Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the Chantilly Robotics Team and Boy Scout Troop 1154.

The center features the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar, whose centerpiece is Enterprise —the only NASA space shuttle anywhere on display to the public. The hangar is also home to the Gemini VII spacecraft, an instrument ring segment from an unflown Saturn V rocket, a space shuttle main engine, the mobile quarantine trailer that housed the returned Apollo 11 crew, and scores of cruise missiles, satellite and space telescopes. Among its hundreds of smaller artifacts are a human-sized NASA android used for spacesuit testing and research crystals formed in orbit.

Admission to the Udvar-Hazy Center and the museum's flagship building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. is free. The museum operates a shuttle bus between the two locations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a round-trip ticket costing $12. Group discounts are available. Both facilities are open daily with the regular hours of 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Closed Dec. 25)

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is located off Route 28 near Washington Dulles International Airport .



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