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July 2 - 4, 2009
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - Mike Mullane (STS-41D, STS-27, STS-36)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


July 2, 2009
Lille, France

5:00pm - Jean-Loup Chretien (Soyuz T-6, Soyuz TM-7, STS-86)

Talk and book signing: "Rêves d'étoiles"
Furet du Nord


July 3, 2009
Hutchinson, Kansas

7:00pm - Joe Engle (X-15, STS-2, STS-51I)

Public presentation
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center


July 4, 2009
Hutchinson, Kansas

10:00am - Joe Engle (X-15, STS-2, STS-51I)

Independence Day Patriots Parade
Main Street, Ave B to 12th


July 4, 2009
Dresden, Germany

2:15pm - Sigmund Jähn (Soyuz 31)
3:50pm - Sergei Krikalev (Soyuz TM-7, Soyuz TM-12, STS-60, STS-88, Soyuz TM-31, ISS-1, Soyuz TMA-6, ISS-11)

Internationaler Förderkreis für Raumfahrt Jahreskongress
Technische Universität


July 4, 2009
London, England (United Kingdom)

7:30pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)

London Literature Festival: "Magnificent Desolation"
Royal Festival Hall


July 5 - 11, 2009
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - Charles Walker (STS-41D, STS-51D, STS-61B)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


July 6, 2009
Englewood, Colorado

7:00pm - Dale Gardner (STS-8, STS-51A)

Denver Space Society meeting
Englewood Public Library


July 6, 2009
Rome, Italy

TBA - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)

RomaFictionFest gala and premiere screening: "Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11"
Auditorium Conciliazione


July 6, 2009
Manchester, England (United Kingdom)

7:30pm - Joseph Acaba (STS-119)
Tony Antonelli (STS-119)
Lee Archambault (STS-117, STS-119)
John Phillips (STS-100, Soyuz TMA-6, ISS-11, STS-119)
Steven Swanson (STS-117, STS-119)

Presentation: "An Audience with the Crew of Discovery Space Shuttle - Mission 119"
Museum Of Science And Industry


July 7, 2009
Skipton, England (United Kingdom)

TBA - Joseph Acaba (STS-119)
Tony Antonelli (STS-119)
Lee Archambault (STS-117, STS-119)
John Phillips (STS-100, Soyuz TMA-6, ISS-11, STS-119)
Steven Swanson (STS-117, STS-119)

Presentation to students
Skipton Auction Mart Theatre / Craven College


July 8, 2009
Washington, DC

2:10pm - Charles Bolden (STS-61C, STS-31, STS-45, STS-60)

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Nominations Hearing
Room 253, Russell Senate Office Building


July 8, 2009
Speyer, Germany

6:00pm - Ernst Messerschmid (STS-61A)

Lecture: "Vom All in den Alltag"
Technik Museum Speyer


July 8, 2009
Gateshead, England (United Kingdom)

10:00am - Joseph Acaba (STS-119)
Tony Antonelli (STS-119)
Lee Archambault (STS-117, STS-119)
John Phillips (STS-100, Soyuz TMA-6, ISS-11, STS-119)
Steven Swanson (STS-117, STS-119)

Presentation to students
Gateshead Soccer Stadium


July 9, 2009
Gateshead, England (United Kingdom)

10:00am - Joseph Acaba (STS-119)
Tony Antonelli (STS-119)
Lee Archambault (STS-117, STS-119)
John Phillips (STS-100, Soyuz TMA-6, ISS-11, STS-119)
Steven Swanson (STS-117, STS-119)

Presentation to students
Gateshead Soccer Stadium


July 10, 2009
Huntsville, Alabama

12:00pm - Robert "Hoot" Gibson (STS-41B, STS-61C, STS-27, STS-47, STS-71)

Space Camp Luncheon
U.S. Space & Rocket Center


July 10, 2009
Hutchinson, Kansas

TBA - Charles Duke (Apollo 16)

Members-only celebration of Apollo
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center


July 10, 2009
Santa Fe, New Mexico

7:00pm - Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17)

Discussion and DVD signing: "The Wonder of it All"
Borders Books & Music (Montezuma)


July 10, 2009
Houston, Texas

7:00pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)

Discussion and book signing: "Magnificent Desolation"
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston


July 10, 2009
Houston, Texas

7:00pm - Alan Bean (Apollo 12, Skylab 2)

Discussion and DVD signing: "The Wonder of it All"
Borders Books & Music (Kirby)


July 11, 2009
Costa Mesa, California

3:00pm - Scott Carpenter (Mercury 7)
Eugene Cernan (Gemini 9, Apollo 10, Apollo 17)
Thomas Stafford (Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project)

Omega Watches and Tourbillon Apollo 11 40th Anniversary Forum
Jewel Court, South Coast Plaza


July 11, 2009
Ashland, Nebraska

TBA - Sy Liebergot (EECOM)

Public presentation
Strategic Air & Space Museum


July 11, 2009
Albuquerque, New Mexico

1:00pm - Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17)

Discussion and DVD signing: "The Wonder of it All"
Borders Books & Music (Wyoming Blvd.)


July 11, 2009
The Woodlands, Texas

2:00pm - Alan Bean (Apollo 12, Skylab 2)

Discussion and DVD signing: "The Wonder of it All"
Borders Books & Music (Six Pines Drive)


July 11, 2009
Mannheim, Germany

11:30am - Sigmund Jähn (Soyuz 31)

"40 Jahre Mondlandung: Ein Blick zurück und in die Zukunft"
Landesmuseum für Technik und Arbeit


July 12 - 16, 2009
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - Jon McBride (STS-41G)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


July 14, 2009
Beverly Hills, California

8:00pm - Scott Altman (STS-90, STS-106, STS-109, STS-125)
Andrew Feustel (STS-125)
Michael Good (STS-125)
John Grunsfeld (STS-67, STS-81, STS-103, STS-109, STS-125)
Gregory C. Johnson (STS-125)
Michael Massimino (STS-109, STS-125)
Megan McArthur (STS-125)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences panel discussion: "Astronaut as Filmmaker"
Samuel Goldwyn Theater


July 15, 2009
Orlando-Sanford, Florida

7:00pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)

Book signing: "Magnificent Desolation"
Books-A-Million (North Entrance Road)


July 16, 2009
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

11:00am - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)
Vance Brand (Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41B, STS-35)
Gerald Carr (Skylab 3)
Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7)
Charles Duke (Apollo 16)
Bruce McCandless (STS-41B, STS-31)
Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14)
Alfred Worden (Apollo 15)

40th Anniversary of Apollo celebration and Apollo Treasures Gallery opening
Apollo/Saturn V Center, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


July 16, 2009
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

3:00pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)

Book signing: "Magnificent Desolation"
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


July 16, 2009
Washington, DC

11:00am - Alan Bean (Apollo 12, Skylab 2)

Book signing: "Painting Apollo", "Mission Control, This is Apollo"
National Air and Space Museum


July 17 - 18, 2009
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - Story Musgrave (STS-6, STS-51F, STS-33, STS-44, STS-61, STS-80)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


July 17, 2009
Huntsville, Alabama

12:00pm - Robert Springer (STS-29, STS-38)

Space Camp Luncheon
U.S. Space & Rocket Center


July 17, 2009
Titusville, Florida

10:00am - Vance Brand (Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41B, STS-35)
Gerald Carr (Skylab 3)
Alfred Worden (Apollo 15)

Space Walk of Fame Apollo Monument dedication ceremony
Space View Park


July 17, 2009
Beavercreek, Ohio

12:00pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)

Book signing: "Magnificent Desolation"
Books & Co.


July 17, 2009
Dayton, Ohio

6:00pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)
Frank Borman (Gemini 7, Apollo 8)
Vance Brand (Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41B, STS-35)
Eugene Cernan (Gemini 9, Apollo 10, Apollo 17)
Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7)
Charles Duke (Apollo 16)
Joe Engle (X-15, STS-2, STS-51I)
Fred Haise (Apollo 13)
James Lovell (Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13)
James McDivitt (Gemini 4, Apollo 9)
Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17)
Thomas Stafford (Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project)

National Aviation Hall of Fame President's Reception and Dinner
National Museum of the United States Air Force


July 17, 2009
Garching, Germany

9:00am - Sigmund Jähn (Soyuz 31)

Space Days presentation to students
Bürgerhaus Garching


July 18, 2009
Dayton, Ohio

6:00pm - Neil Armstrong (Gemini 8, Apollo 11)
Eileen Collins (STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114)
Charles Precourt (STS-55, STS-71, STS-84, STS-91)

National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinement Dinner and Ceremony
Dayton Ohio Convention Center


July 18, 2009
Washington, DC

8:00pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)
Scott Altman (STS-90, STS-106, STS-109, STS-125)

National Symphony Orchestra free concert: "Salute to Apollo: The Kennedy Legacy"
John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts


July 19 - 25, 2009
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - Gerald Carr (Skylab 3)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


July 19, 2009
Moffett Field, California

TBA - Donald Pettit (STS-113, ISS-6, STS-126)

Moonfest 2009: From Apollo to LCROSS, and Beyond
NASA Ames Research Center


July 19, 2009
Washington, DC

11:00am - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)
Alan Bean (Apollo 12, Skylab 2)
Michael Collins (Gemini 10, Apollo 11)

Book signings: "Magnificent Desolation", "Painting Apollo", "Carrying the Fire"
National Air and Space Museum


July 19, 2009
Washington, DC

8:00pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)
Neil Armstrong (Gemini 8, Apollo 11)
Michael Collins (Gemini 10, Apollo 11)
Christopher Kraft (Flight Director)

John H. Glenn Lecture: "40th Anniversary of Apollo 11"
National Air and Space Museum


July 20, 2009
Washington, DC

2:00pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)
Alan Bean (Apollo 12, Skylab 2)
Charles Duke (Apollo 16)
John Grunsfeld (STS-67, STS-81, STS-103, STS-109, STS-125)

Panel discussion: "The Apollo Legacy: The Moon and Beyond"
Knight TV Studio, Level 3, Newseum


July 21, 2009
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

7:30pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)

Discussion and book signing: "Magnificent Desolation"
Free Library of Philadelphia


July 22, 2009
Buffalo, New York

11:00am - Sy Liebergot (EECOM)
5:00pm - Sy Liebergot (EECOM)

Public presentation and book signing: "Apollo EECOM"
Ira G. Ross Aerospace Museum


July 22, 2009
Garden City, New York

7:00pm - Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7)

Legends of Air & Space Speaker Series
Cradle of Aviation Museum


July 23, 2009
Los Angeles, California

7:30pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)

Los Angeles World Affairs Council dinner and book signing: "Magnificent Desolation"
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel


July 23, 2009
Garching, Germany

5:00pm - Thomas Reiter (Soyuz TM-22, STS-121, ISS 13/14)
Gerhard Thiele (STS-99)
Ulrich Walter (STS-55)

Panel discussion: "Moon, Mars - and then what? The future of manned space flight"
Hörsaal MW 1801, Technische Universität München


July 24, 2009
Huntsville, Alabama

12:00pm - Story Musgrave (STS-6, STS-51F, STS-33, STS-44, STS-61, STS-80)

Space Camp Luncheon
U.S. Space & Rocket Center


July 24, 2009
Santa Barbara, California

7:00pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)

Book signing: "Magnificent Desolation"
Chaucer's Books


July 24, 2009
Houston, Texas

6:30pm - Michael Coats (STS-41D, STS-29, STS-39)

Apollo 11 40th Anniversary Splashdown Celebration
Space Center Houston


July 25, 2009
Alameda, California

1:00pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)

Splashdown 2009
USS Hornet Museum


July 25, 2009
Boca Raton, Florida

1:00pm - Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14)

Discussion and DVD signing: "The Wonder of it All"
Borders Books & Music (Glades Rd.)


July 25, 2009
Garden City, New York

TBA - Russell Schweickart (Apollo 9)

Lunar Module Reunion Dinner
Cradle of Aviation Museum


July 26 - 29, 2009
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - Alfred Worden (Apollo 15)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


July 29, 2009
London, England (United Kingdom)

TBA - Sy Liebergot (EECOM)

Public presentation
Science Museum


July 30 - 31, 2009
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - John Blaha (STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79, Mir-22)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


July 31 - August 3, 2009
Waco, Texas

TBA - Charles Duke (Apollo 16)

American Scientific Affiliation meeting
Baylor University


July 31, 2009
Huntsville, Alabama

12:00pm - Robert Springer (STS-29, STS-38)

Space Camp Luncheon
U.S. Space & Rocket Center


July 31, 2009
Oshkosh, Wisconsin

10:00am - Joe Engle (X-15, STS-2, STS-51I)
1:00pm - Joe Engle (X-15, STS-2, STS-51I)
8:00pm - Eileen Collins (STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114)
8:30pm - Joe Engle (X-15, STS-2, STS-51I)

EAA AirVenture
Wittman Regional Airport

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