IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Linn LeBlanc
September 26, 2008
321-455-7011
Linn@AstronautScholarship.org
Space Cowboys Are Back in Town
Buzz Aldrin, James Lovell and many more astronauts
are arriving for benefit dinner
Kennedy Space Center, FL — More than 30 astronauts from every era of American space flight programs — Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle — are coming to Cape Canaveral for a unique, down-to-earth dinner to benefit the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). The Tropical Evening with the Astronauts dinner presents a rare opportunity for fans to rub shoulders with these heroes of earth and space on November 8, 2008, at Radisson Resort at the Port, Cape Canaveral.
Astronaut guests include moonwalkers Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Gene Cernan, Charlie Duke and Edgar Mitchell; an original Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter; Apollo 13 crew members James Lovell and Fred Haise; Gemini and Apollo astronauts Richard "Dick" Gordon and Dave Scott; Apollo astronauts Walt Cunningham and Al Worden; Skylab astronauts Joe Kerwin, Jack Lousma, Bill Pogue and Paul Weitz; and Space Shuttle astronauts Andy Allen, Charlie Bolden, Vance Brand, Jerry Carr, Robert "Hoot" Gibson, Hank Hartsfield, Tom Jones, Jon McBride, Mike Mullane, and Bob Springer. In addition, several other special guests will be in attendance, including famed comedian Bill Dana, Mercury nurse Dee O'Hara and Pad Leader Guenter Wendt!
Guests will have the opportunity to mingle with these legendary astronauts at the reception and will later join these space icons for dinner. The evening will conclude with Gemini and Apollo astronaut James Lovell serving as "straight man" for Jose Jimenez's nostalgic comedy act.
The dinner coincides with ASF's Astronaut Autograph and Memorabilia Show at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC) on November 7 and 9, and KSCVC's Space and Air Show on November 8, featuring the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.
Individual dinner tickets are $175 each and table sponsorships are also available by visiting www.astronautscholarship.org or calling 321-455-7014. Space is limited! Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. All proceeds benefit the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Cost of the ticket packages, over fair market value, is considered a charitable donation.
Based in Titusville, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, aids the United States in retaining its world leadership in science and technology by providing scholarships to exceptional college students pursuing these degrees. ASF funds nineteen $10,000 scholarships annually and has awarded more than $2.5 million to students nationwide. For more information, call 321-455-7012 or log on to www.AstronautScholarship.org