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NASA to Host Apollo 13 Flight Controller Sy Liebergot
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – "Houston, we’ve had a problem here," are the famous words spoken by Apollo 13 astronauts and heard by millions around the world. Sy Liebergot, a former Houston flight controller, retells "Apollo 13--The Longest Hour," detailing the explosion aboard the spacecraft and how the astronauts were brought safely home, on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. PDT at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center, 506 N. Delaware St., San Mateo, Calif.
Liebergot will reflect on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo program. Sponsors are the Northern California and Nevada American Association of Physics Teachers, the NASA Lunar Science Institute at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and the Gate Program of San Mateo High School. Media interested in attending the Liebergot lecture should contact Paul Robinson at 650-400-9425 by noon Oct. 8, as space is limited.
This is the latest in a series of public lectures hosted by NASA Ames. The next two, centered around the concept of evolution, will feature guest speakers George Dyson discussing "Evolution of Technology" on Oct. 19, 2009, and John Baross explaining the "Evolution of Astrobiology" on Nov. 2, 2009. Both lectures will be held at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, Calif. at 7 p.m. PDT.
For more information, please call Paul Robinson at 650-400-9425, or send him an e-mail at
pablo@laserpablo.com.
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