The Frontiers of Flight Museum hosted its 14th annual event Moon Day on July 16th, 2022 , the largest space exposition in Texas! This year’s theme was “Technology Drives Exploration”, and they had Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise as keynote speaker. The intention of the 14th annual Moon Day was to continue their tradition of educating, motivating, and inspiring the next generation.
In 2009 Moon Day was established, not only to celebrate the Apollo 11 landing anniversary, but to also showcase the past, present, and future of space exploration. Over the last thirteen years, Moon Day has grown to become an extraordinary event of family-oriented space-themed exhibits, activities, and presentations geared to all ages. Notable past Moon Day Keynotes include Astronauts Walt Cunningham, Janet Kavandi, Doug Wheelock, John Blaha, Bernard Harris, and Dan Bursch.
Dallas SWE was one out of many exhibitors that participated in Moon Day. And we had a blast! Visitors, especially children participated in our activity to create a marshmallow moon lander to keep the astronauts safe. While this challenge didn’t really land them onto the moon, the visitors built landers and learned the concepts of energy, gravity, and the Laws of Motion. A huge thanks to our amazing event lead Ashley Johnson and SWE volunteers Teri Cate, Domanique Johnson, Adele Houlder, Pratiksha Jaju, Sara Heurta, and Kayla Lombard for their help in making Moon Day 2022 a huge success.
