NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has teamed with nonprofit Space Generation Advisory Council to host a special party on April 12, from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Participants in “Yuri’s Night Goddard” must be at least 21 years old and can expect the Goddard Visitor Center to have a club atmosphere with a tech expo twist. The evening will feature live music from the popular local band, The Cassettes, and beats infused by DJ Scientific, NASA aerospace engineer by day and premier hip hop DJ by night. The event will also include a moon bounce, beer and wine, light refreshments, a round of Space Jeopardy and the ultimate disco ball, Goddard’s Science on a Sphere exhibit. NASA scientists and other space celebrities will interact with the crowd, sharing their excitement for space exploration and research.
The evening will also mark NASA’s 50th Anniversary and highlight the remarkable eight Goddard science and technology missions set to launch in 2008. Yuri’s Night is a worldwide celebration of the anniversary of mankind’s first foray into space and the first flight of the space shuttle. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space on April 12, 1961. Exactly 20 years later, NASA launched space shuttle Columbia on mission STS-1.
More than 105 parties have been planned in 35 countries to date. Other NASA centers hosting Yuri’s Night celebrations this year are Ames Research Center, Johnson Space Center and Marshall Space Flight Center.
The evening portion of Yuri’s Night Goddard will follow a day of family-friendly, hands-on activities highlighting amazing space observations of our home planet from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Space Generation Advisory Council is a network of young people committed to using space to make a difference in the world. Founded in 1999, the nonprofit organization is a vast global community of leaders passionate about space. Space Generation’s compelling projects, such as Yuri’s Night, engage the public in a discussion of the role of space in the sustainability of the planet and in exploring space responsibly and attract new people to their network of active space explorers.
The organizations supporting Yuri’s Night Goddard include Space Generation Advisory Council, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Analytical Graphics, Inc., Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc., The Tauri Group, and Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Media interested in attending should contact Amy Pruett at 301-286-7646.
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