Celebrate
SPACE DAY 2008
at the Virginia Air & Space Center
Saturday, May 3, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
McBride
became an astronaut in August 1979 and has performed
a number of duties at NASA including piloting
Challenger, STS 41-G, in 1984. The eight-day
mission mission was the first with a crew of
seven astronauts and was responsible for deploying
the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite.
McBride has also served as NASA's Assistant Administrator
for Congressional Relations. In May 1989, Captain
McBride retired from NASA and the Navy, in order
to pursue a business career.
• Meet
NASA
Astronaut
Jon McBride! Autograph signing from 10
a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• Explore
the moon, Mars & beyond with Space Quest, the new interactive
space gallery!
• Participate in a super-cool
cryogenics demonstration!
• Create space-crafts you can take home!
•
Take a journey to the International Space
Station with the IMAX film Space Station 3D to
see how
astronauts live and work in space.
Cosmic
Kids Club Members be sure to attend the
May meeting so you can be one of the first to meet
NASA Astronaut Jon McBride!
IMAX® Showtimes
Showtimes
for May 3, 2008
SAT
5-3
Magnificent Desolation:
Walking on the Moon 3D
10:00
a.m.
1:00
p.m.
3:00
p.m.
Space Station 3D
11:00
a.m.
12:00
p.m.
2:00
p.m.
Shine a Light*
4:15
p.m.
6:45
p.m.
9:00
p.m.
*Speical
full-length 120 minute feature -
no passes accepted
Cosmic
Kids Club Members be sure to attend the 
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