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SPACE @ PPL: A lecture series for all!
50 Years and Beyond: From the Moon Landing to the Future
with Solar System Ambassador Tom Cocchiaro
Wednesday July 24 | 6:30 PM
This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. How did we get there? How will we get there again? How will the next 50 years of space travel unfold? Join NASA’s Solar System Ambassador Tom Cocchiaro to find out.
Cocchiaro is a former Air Force avionics technician and military public affairs practitioner. Some of his first assignments in the PR field, while stationed at the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, California, were to cover the first five landings of the Space Shuttle Columbia. He was a member of the DoD press desk for the landings, served as a reporter for the installation newspaper and worked as a media coordinator for some of the most recognized news anchors of the time including Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw, Frank Reynolds, John Chancellor and Dan Rather. He also had the life-changing privilege of interviewing shuttle astronauts from STS-1 through STS-5. The NASA Solar System Ambassador (SSA) program is comprised of motivated volunteers across the nation who share the latest NASA missions and discoveries through a variety of events designed to inspire their communities.
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