There are many other events celebrating Apollo-11 40th Anniversary around Australia and the World, as well as Canberra of course.
Here are the ones I know about in chronological order - check 'em out!
| DATE/time from/to | EVENT | Web Site or Info | Comments |
| Fri 8th May 10pm and 9th May 3pm | Jazz concerts - "From the Earth to the moon and back again" | www.cimf.org.au/default.asp?id=100 | Childers Street theatre Canberra City |
| May 25th to Sep 13th | Display of original Apollo-11 memorabilia | www.powerhousemuseum.com/ | Sydney Power house museum foyer |
| Sat 30th May 2:30pm | Australian Science Festival "Apollo and the ACT" talk | http://sciencefestival.com.au/asf/?p=651 | Yours truly trying to whip up enthusiasm for the 40th. At the Canberra Convention Centre |
| Nights of 9th May or 7th June | "The Moon for all Mankind" | www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/203 | Countries compete for the best optical telescope pictures to build a new mosaic of the moon |
| June 27th & Jul 18th & 19th | "Echoes of Apollo" | http://echoesofapollo.com | Billed as "The world's biggest space party" Bouncing voice and other signals off the moon |
| July 11th | Open Day theme Air and Space |
http://castlehill.powerhousemuseum.com /events |
Power house museum Sydney. |
| July 11th & July 20th | Madrid Apollo-11 celebrations | www.honeysucklecreek.net/news | They are going to celebrate in Spain! |
| 14th July evening 4-8pm | 'Race to the moon' (2004)movie at NLA Canberra | www.nla.gov.au/events/showevent.html?q=49140 | To be introduced by Astronaut Jim Riley |
| 21st July 6pm | "Apollo and Australia's role" | www.raes.org.au/canberra-branch | Mike Dinn presentation at RAES Canberra |
| 18th July | Ex-Carnarvon space trackers reunion |
www.crotrak.com/CRO_40th_ Anniversary.htm |
Perth Dinner Celebration |
| 18th July 11am | "40 years of Lunar Science" at Questacon Canberra | www.questacon.edu.au/ | Mike Dinn & Hamish Lindsay with Ross Taylor and Marc Norman. |
| 18th July | 40th Anniversary celebration Slater South Carolina | http://www.slaterhallsc.org/events.html | They made the Apollo-11 Spacesuit material |
| 18th & 19th July | Apollo-11 movies in Federation Square Melbourne | www.space.asn.au | Space Association of Australia - Melbourne |
| 18th & 19th July | Parkes Radio telescope special open days |
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cl2lcj |
All sorts of good celebration events |
| 19th July | Smithsonian IMAX theatre Washington DC USA | http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/event Detail.cfm?eventID=1378 | A11 crew and Chris Kraft 40th Anniversary Lecture |
| 19th July | "As we shall return" Lecture by Dr Lee JPL | www.powerhousemuseum.com/whatson/ talks_afternoon.asp | At Powerhouse museum Sydney |
| 20th July 6-7pm | Dr Karl & Adam Spencer "Did they or didn't they?" |
http://tinyurl.com/kj4fw4 |
University of Sydney. Footbridge Theatre |
| 20th July 7:30 pm | Movie "The right Stuff" in the Astor Theatre St. Kilda | www.space.asn.au | Space Association of Australia - Melbourne |
| 21st July 6pm | "Apollo and Australia's role" Lecture by Mike Dinn | www.raes.org.au/canberra-branch | Presentation at RAES Canberra. ADFA |
| 19th thru 22nd July | Canberra Apollo-11 40th Anniversary celebrations | http://tinyurl.com/a1140th | OUR EVENTS! |
| 22nd July | "Apollo-11 one giant leap for mankind" Lecture by Kerrie Dougherty | www.powerhousemuseum.com/whatson/ talks_afternoon.asp | At Powerhouse museum Sydney |
| 23rd July 6:00pm | "As we shall return" Lecture by Wayne Lee. NASA JPL | hhttp://www.questacon.edu.au/ | In the Japan Theatre Questacon Canberra |
| 26th July | "Return to the moon" Lecture by Dr Morris Jones | www.powerhousemuseum.com/whatson/ talks_afternoon.asp | At Powerhouse museum Sydney |
| 28th to 30th July | Carnarvon Apollo-11 40th Anniversary celebrations | cro@dench.net | Celebrations in Carnarvon WA |
I know there are many other EVENTS out there - please let me know and I'll add them to the list.
John Saxon 10Jul2009