Event Essentials
- Date:
- July 8, 2011
- Time:
- 10:00 AM
- Location:
- Main Level, Earth Revealed
Museum Map - Tickets:
- Included with General Admission
Schedule
Event starts at 10 a.m. Launch scheduled for 10:26 a.m.
Be here for space history as it happens!
Join us in the Earth Revealed exhibit to celebrate the accomplishments of the shuttle program and watch a live simulcast of the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis. This mission, STS-135, is the final space shuttle mission.
There will be payloads of fun to be had - with trivia, prizes, astronaut ice cream and more! We’ll finish the party with a blast, connecting to the live NASA broadcast of the historic launch, scheduled for 10:26 a.m. Central Daylight Time.
Visit NASA's Shuttle home page to learn more.
(This event is subject to change based on NASA launch schedule.)
- Museum Hours
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- Through Friday, May 24: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 25: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 26: 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Open daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas
- Through Friday, May 24: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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