American Space Museum & Space Walk of Fame 308 Pine Street Downtown Titusville P. O. Box 6385 Titusville, FL 32782-6385 (321) 264-0434 museum@spacewalkoffame.com OPEN: SELF Guided Tour – NO Reservation Needed Mon.-Sat. — 10am-5pm DOCENT Guided Tour – RESERVATION REQUIRED Tue.-Sat., — 3 tours: 10am, Noon, 2pm BOOK TOUR HERE Museum Admission: FREE for Members $10 for Adults $8 for Seniors (65+) and Military (with ID) $5 for Children ages 13-18 FREE for Children 12 and under Group Rates Available SHOP Space Inside our museum's galleries in downtown Titusville, you will find items that have been donated by individuals, astronauts, space workers, NASA, and NASA contractor companies. Some have flown in space. We also have actual Space Shuttle Launch Control Center consoles, Air Force Launch Pad 36A consoles, and a Pad 16 Launch Sequencer. spacewalkoffame.org ASTRONAUT MEMORIAL SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2023 AT 1:00 PM AT SANDPOINT PARK, TITUSVILLE TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA The annual Astronaut Memorial Ceremony for the 17-crew members of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia who perished in America’s space program will be conducted Sunday Jan. 29 at 1 pm EST at Sand Point Park in Titusville, Florida. Shuttle astronaut, spacewalker and artist Nicole Passonno Stott will be the keynote speaker. The public is invited to attend this reverent and patriotic ceremony that honors the lives and sacrifice made by these pioneers of NASA’s manned space program. The annual remembrance is hosted by the City of Titusville Flag & Memorial Committee and the American Space Museum. The Titusville Garden Club provides the flowers for this honorable ceremony. The event will be broadcast on the social media platforms on Facebook Live and YouTube of the American Space Museum. On the 20th anniversary of the Columbia tragedy, the ceremony welcomes representatives of the Israeli Embassy to honor hero astronaut Ilan Ramon. The event includes a keynote address, patriotic songs, a host of city and county dignitaries, participation from the Knights of Columbus, the Civil Air Patrol, a 21-gun salute and placement of flowers on the 17 plaques at the park honoring the fallen space travelers. Nicole Stott flew aboard STS-128 in August 2009 to the International Space Station, returning in November 2009 on STS-129. She then flew on the last mission of Orbiter Discovery, STS-133 in March 2011, accumulating 103 days in space and one spacewalk during her NASA career. Stott, an artist, created a watercolor in space, and has become an advocate of Space-Healing-Art through her Space for Art Foundation in St. Petersburg, Florida. Stott has written a critically acclaimed book that offers solutions to the global climate crisis: “Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet–And Our Mission To Protect It.” Those astronauts being remembered and the day they gave their ultimate sacrifice for America are: •Apollo 1, Jan. 27, 1967; Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Ed White II and Roger Chaffee. •Challenger STS-51L, Jan. 28, 1986; Frances “Dick” Scobee, Michael Smith, Judy Resnik, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, Ronald McNair and Christa McAuliffe. •Columbia STS-107, Feb. 1, 2003, Rick D. Husband, William C. “Willie” McCool, David M. Brown, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Anderson and Ilan Ramon of Israel. An informal reception will be afterward from 3-5 pm at the American Space Museum in Downtown Titusville. American Space Museum & U.S. Space Walk of Fame Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable organization. The museum is open for public tours Monday thru Saturday 10 to 5. Located at 308 Pine Street, Titusville FL. For additional information, please call 321-264-0434 or write info@americanspacemuseum.org. Click here for program information. STEAM EDUCATION PROGRAMS CLICK for program details. Check out our online activities including YouTube, Facebook, and DAILY Stay Curious broadcasts on space history told with space artifacts and interviews with space workers & astronauts. LEARN MORE BLASTS FROM THE PAST: Press Releases and Photographs MEMBERSHIP It's what's been happening across the Lagoon. And, these are our neighbors who made it happen! Have you ever wanted to be up close and personal to the behind the scenes action of an actual launch? See what it's like in the U.S Space Walk of Fame's Pad 36A Launch control Room. We have the actual working consoles used to send satellites into orbit! Audio tapes of the actual launches help you experience the liftoff of giant rockets. Space suites, flight manuals, flown-in-space gear, ground support equipment, to-scale rocket models a Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Launch pad and crawler model with lots of personal memorabilia donated by former space workers fills out this one of a kind space exhibit venue. Veterans of the space program serve as knowledgeable guides providing a first-hand history of the U.S. space program. The museum also has a gift shop providing visitors with a wide variety of space souvenirs. Books, t-shirts, caps, pens and games are among the items for sale. Admission is $10.00, open Monday through Saturday from 10AM to 5PM and special events, closed major holidays. The Museum is located at 308 Pine Street in Downtown Titusville, Between the Pritchard House and St. Gabriel's Church. Our Space Walk of Fame Park features monuments to the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle missions. It is an ideal location to see KSC space launches. Have your name or the name of a loved one engraved. 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