ArtsFusion Lecture: Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar Mitchell
Venue: Fralin Life Science Institute (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Friday, September 20, 2013
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
The Virginia Tech Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology presents an ArtsFusion Lecture with Astronaut Edgar Mitchell at the Fralin Life Science Institute on Friday, September 20th.

Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell will share his experiences as a lunar module pilot working on the moon’s surface. On Feb. 5, 1971, Mitchell became one of 12 astronauts, including Buzz Aldrin and the late Neil Armstrong, to step on the moon. Only eight of those astronauts now survive. Mitchell, now 82, served as a test pilot for the U.S. Navy, and while on active duty he completed a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and a doctorate in aeronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mitchell’s Apollo 14 mission was watched closely around the world because it was America’s return to lunar missions after the Apollo 13 near-disaster. It also was the first mission devoted to doing science on the moon. After retiring from NASA in 1972, Mitchell founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences and later wrote the book, "The Way of the Explorer".

Admission is free and the public is welcome.

Edgar Mitchell will also be presenting portions of a movie followed by a Q&A at The Lyric at 10 am. Admission for this event is free as well. Link to Lyric event: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=245934

This event is sponsored by the Science Museum of Western Virginia and the Virginia Tech Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology (ICAT).

For more information, visit: http://www.icat.vt.edu/sites/default/files/0145%20ICAT%20Arts%20Fusion%20Edgar%20Mitchell%20poster_R2.pdf or http://www.smwv.org/events/

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