Talk will take you outta this world
During his presentation, former NASA astronaut, Dr Don Thomas, will relive a few of his top moments from his 692 space orbits of Earth.
FIND out about what it is like to be shot off the Earth and into space and to live and work in a shuttle while orbiting the planet with a talk by former NASA astronaut, Dr Don Thomas, at St Mary’s DSG on Friday, 20 September from 6.30pm to 9.30pm.
Fifty years ago, on 20 July 1969, NASA’s famed Apollo 11 programme enabled the first humans to walk upon a different world, Earth’s only moon.
The world’s celebrations of this extraordinary feat of human ingenuity and willingness to go where we have not gone before, are far from over.
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Highway learners and their families will soon have the rare opportunity to connect and engage with a veteran of 692 space orbits of the Earth.
STEM-based educational NGO, Living Maths, is bringing Dr Thomas to Durban as part of its Space Tour 2019.
Dr Thomas is a man on a generous mission to inspire the ‘Mars Generation’. Becoming an astronaut is one of those aspirational careers that frequently features on the lists of children’s top dream jobs.
Meeting Dr Thomas on the Space Tour brings the adventures of an astronaut into a real-world experience.
Ticket prices range between R50 and R100. To book your tickets, visit www.livingmaths.com/living-maths-space-tour.
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