The annual space party 'Yuri's Night' happens in L.A. on Saturday April 6th, and then in a bunch more cities the following weekend: Washington, DC, Seattle, Colorado Springs, Kennedy Space Center on the Florida Space Coast, April 12-13, 2019.
This year, JPL is bringing the amazing JPL Europa Lander model (shown here) for Los Angeles Yuri's Night attendees to marvel at and imagine what it would be like out in orbit around Jupiter.
How great is that?
Plus space celebs and science fiction stars, astronauts, science personalities, and fellow fans of spaceflight.
LA.YURISNIGHT.NET has tickets, and they start at $75 and include a ton of fabulousness.
Here's what's going down, in celebration of the first human being who managed to go up into space:
• L.A. Sat April 6: Virgin Galactic's 1st pilot astronaut Mark Stucky, Bill Nye and 6 time shuttle astronaut Story Musgrave kick off an epic night of VR, DJs and fun under Space Shuttle Endeavour. (Yuri's Night founder Loretta Whitesides will be there)
• Seattle Fri April 12: The Museum of Flight welcomes the Apollo 11 Command Module to Seattle with a massive grand opening party in partnership with Noise Complaint. (Yuri's Night founder Loretta Whitesides will also be there)
• Washington DC Fri April 12: The Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum will again be hosting a mind-blowing Yuri's Night in partnership with Brightest Young Things.
• Kennedy Space Center Sat April 13: Private space explorer, 2nd gen astronaut and legendary video game designer Richard Garriott will talk about his time on ISS followed by DJ dance party under Space Shuttle Atlantis. (catch Loretta here too)
• Colorado Springs Sun April 7: Hosted by the Space Foundation, this party always has the most astronauts at their Meet and Greet, plus great cocktails!
More details on the Los Angeles event below. It commemorates the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins’ historic first mission to land people on the surface of the moon. Saturday April 6, 2019 under the Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Pavilion.
There will be fancy space folks and celebs, and you should totally go if you can.
Yuri's Night Los Angeles
SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2019
6:00 PM-Midnight
TICKETS HERE.California Science Center | Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Pavilion
700 EXPOSITION PARK DR, LOS ANGELES, CAOur event this year features NASA Astronaut Story Musgrave and Virgin Galactic's 1st Pilot Astronaut Mark Stucky with a special appearance by Bill Nye the Science Guy! It will also feature an amazing array of cool space, art and tech experiences and amazing people.
Please visit our website for details (more being added all the time) and read on for a taste...
Tickets Available Now at LA.YURISNIGHT.NET
General- $75 while supplies last!
VIP- $120, includes expedited entry, access to the VIP Lounge, and two drink tickets
All tickets include entertainment, food and Essentia water.
Two Rooms of music to keep the party going until midnight.
Dance under the shuttle or travel through the aquarium tunnel to try out our silent disco and select between dueling DJ’s in the Kelp Forest next to a 188,000 gallon Aquarium tank!
Just a sample of some of the great people spinning:
Tickets Available Now at LA.YURISNIGHT.NET
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