Celebrate the 50th anniversary of landing on the moon - and the local technology that made space travel possible. Spend an afternoon with Apollo-era technology at the Vintage IBM Computing Center and Link’s Lunar Module Simulator, and watch films from the 1960s. Music, refreshments, & more.
Pre-registration recommended - email info@ctandi.org or call 607-723-8600
Tuesday May 14th - 4-5:30PM or 6-7:30PM
Frank Hughes, retired NASA Chief of Space Flight Training 1966-99, is offering two master classes for educators in teaching “solving problems and challenges while working in space” as part of TechWorks! celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 10.
Free - Reserve your place by email to info@ctandi.org. Please include the subject(s) and grade(s) you teach so that the sessions can be tailored to your needs.
Frank Hughes, upper right
Frank Hughes started at NASA the day the crates of simulators from Link arrived, with increasing responsible position within NASA for astronaut and flight controller training from Apollo Program through the International Space Station. He headed all of the training organizations at NASA from 1989-99, as well as headed a multilateral International Training Control Board to develop training in all of the participating countries connected with the International Space Station (16 countries and 11 languages). After NASA, he chaired the Board of the National Honor Society in 2000. Since 2001, he has developed serious games to teach math and science from K through 20 at Tietronix, Software, Houston, TX. Frank Hughes joined the Center of Technology & Innovation's Board of Directors in 2019.
Apollo VII was the first mission powered by the Saturn V rocket - with avionics by IBM Owego and Huntsville labs - and phase separation actuators from Simmonds Precision in Norwich, NY. GAF’s Anscochrome film was part of the astronauts’ tools to photograph the the first views of the far side of the moon by humans.
In the 1970s, IBM Owego developed the 4PI computers for NASA’s Space Shuttles that flew from 1981 - 2011.
Today, Lockheed Martin Owego supports NASA’s Orion spacecraft - being built to take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before. Orion will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel, and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities.
View five decades of NASA film footage, talk with folks who work for NASA, and check out galleries of space memorabilia with an Owego focus, and decorate gingerbread Saturn instrument rings. Use Apollo-era computers at the Vintage IBM Computing Center. to create greetings in your own words on punch cards, banner prints, and in braille. Fly a Link flight trainer at TechWorks! simulation workshop.
Fun for the whole family - youngsters - please bring an adult with you!
$5 admission, includes seasonal beverages, souvenirs, all activities.
Join us at TechWorks! for the first in a series of 50th anniversary events celebrating Southern Tier technology that helped NASA win the Space Race. The series kicks off with three screens showing vintage Cartoons, Sci-Fi and NASA footage, including The Flight of Apollo 7 –NASA’s First Manned Project Apollo Space Flight. During intermission, create souvenir printouts with Apollo-era computers and visit the Anscochrome in Space exhibit.
Image courtesy of NASA
Launched from Cape Kennedy October 11, 1968, Apollo VII had simply stated missions: demonstrate the capability of spacecraft, support facilities, and their crews to launch, fly, rendezvous, and return safely. Above is a view of the “angry alligator” of the ejected Saturn rocket, which was used to emulate docking with the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM).
TechWorks! contribution to NYS Paths Through History Weekend - Oct 6th - 8th, 2018
Saturday Oct 6th and Sunday October 7th 6-9 PM. Monday Oct 8th 1-5 PM
https://www.iloveny.com/event/moon-movie-multiplex-rocket-science-before-apollo/47380/
