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VIRTUAL:Apollo 11's Final Descent To The Surface Of The Moon
2026-10-23 14:00:00 2026-10-23 15:00:00 America/New_York VIRTUAL:Apollo 11's Final Descent To The Surface Of The Moon Join Solar System Ambassador David S. Ball for his presentation, "High Gate to Touchdown: Apollo 11’s final descent to the surface of the Moon." Virtual -

Friday, October 23
2:00pm - 3:00pm

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Join Solar System Ambassador David S. Ball for his presentation, "High Gate to Touchdown: Apollo 11’s final descent to the surface of the Moon."

**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**

Join Solar System Ambassador David S. Ball for his presentation, "High Gate to Touchdown: Apollo 11’s final descent to the surface of the Moon." Learn why none of the landings that could have been done on autopilot ever were and how the Mark 1 eyeball kept the mission from ending in certain failure.

Led by David Ball, who served 26 years in the US Air Force, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, and is a now a volunteer educator with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

Presented in partnership with the Tewksbury Public Library.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Lecture | History & Genealogy |

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