UPDATES:

• ShuttleFest III scheduled for Sat April 13, 2024. More info HERE.
• The 3 main ShuttleFest II panel discussions are available on our ASM YouTube Channel.

Thanks to those who made the event a success. See you next year!

The American Space Museum will host ShuttleFest II on Saturday, April 15, 2023 from 9 am to 5 pm at Hyatt Place Titusville/Kennedy Space Center. The PUBLIC is INVITED to this annual event.

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This year’s celebration is highlighted by a screening of the documentary “Base to Space: Mobile Launch Platform 2”. It will also feature panel discussions on “The Shuttle’s 30 Year Legacy” and “Space Art: The Past Reflects the Future,” as well as several presenters on the making of the documentary and construction of the Mobile Launch Platform 2 (MLB-2). The event includes short talks, panel discussions, and fellowship with key space workers. We are awaiting confirmation from several astronauts wishing to put ShuttleFest II in their schedules. The public is welcome to rub shoulders with these “national treasures” of America’s storied Space Shuttle program.

About a dozen vendors who support ASM have been invited to trade their wares. ASM will offer a commemorative “ShuttleFest” coin, partly designed by Tim Gagnon, as well as an event T-shirt.

A special sponsor of ShuttleFest II will be Ken Havekotte Space Memorabilia. The Hyatt Place Titusville is also a valued ASM partner. Set along US-1 and adjacent US-405, this relaxed hotel is 8 miles from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s Complex.

Admission to ShuttleFest II will be $20 at the door or $15 via pre-registration, with an option for a sandwich or salad “box lunch” for $12. Pre-register here: https://american-space-museum-store.square.site/.

“The success of last year’s inaugural ShuttleFest was a wonderful celebration of spaceworkers,” said ASM Executive Director Karan Conklin. “We wish to keep alive the memories of this important chapter of American space history and its undeniable impact on our world today.”

Agenda…

• 9:00 – Opening Remarks
• 10:00 Morning Panel: The Legacy of the Shuttle Era
  Scheduled to take part are John Zarrella, former CNN television space reporter, Nick Thomas, Delaware North lead educator of the Astronaut Encounter at Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex, and Tom Usciak, a contracted photographer in the 1970s covering Apollo and Space Shuttle missions. They will give their unique perspectives on the Shuttle Era that changed our world in the 21st Century.
• 11:00: The Mobile Launch Story: Apollo to Shuttle
  An engineering history lesson of NASA Mobile Launchers built for rockets to the Moon, Skylab Space Station and the Space Shuttle.
• 11:30 to 1:00 LUNCH BREAK
• 1:15 Screening of the documentary “Base to Space”
  The documentary “Base to Space” will be shown, followed by the principals involved in its development sharing their experience and a Q & A session. “The Base to Space” is the 5th documentary from the film making team of producer Mike Cotton and director Dave Barnes, surpassing 100 film projects by them during the past 15 years. Tony Pasko provides original music for this historical look at an important piece of NASA’s hardware to launch humans to space.
• 2:30 Documentary Panel
  The principals of “Base to Space” will discuss and answer questions about the project.
• 3:00 Afternoon Panel: “Space Art: The Past Reflects the Future”
  This panel will include three established space artists: Chris Calle, Doug Forest and Ron Woods. They will relate how all mediums of art have inspired space exploration, with historical art pieces helping create futuristic concepts that become reality.
• 4:00 Rocket Companies: The Future Expands the Past
  A “current events” update from several of the Space Coast’s “Rocket Renaissance” companies: Vaya Space’s President Rob Fabian, and All Points Logistics’ Chief Development Officer Steve Lloyd.
• 5:00 Thank You!
  See you at ShuttleFest III April 19, 2024

Vendors

Ken Havekotte Space Memorabilia. Others to be announced.

For more information

Contact Mark Marquette, marq@americanspacemuseum.org, phone (321) 264-0434