EVENT	2011  DATE	THEMES
Yuri's Night	April 12 - Tuesday	Anniversary of Gagarin's first human space flight in 1961 - Worldwide observance started in 2001 and is growing Moon Society Phoenix Yuri's Night 2011 flyer
Earth Day	April 22 - Friday - many events on Sat 23rd	Environmental | Earth Day | Alternative Energy Events; Talking Points for Flyers & Story Boards (how to answer the common objections made by environmentalists)
Astronomy Day	April 24th - Sat	check local observances planned If there is no observance in your area, start one - focus on planets, have literature handy Host a brainstorming workshop on astronomy from the Moon Ways to interest amateur astronomers [For the Moon Society: initiate a collaboration with other parties to produce a comprehensive White Paper on Astronomy from the Moon: American Lunar Society, A.L.P.O. - Lunar Section, Yahoo's Lunar Observing Group, Stanford on the Moon Project, the Planetary Society]
Apollo 15 Anniversary	July 26 - Aug 7th	40th anniversary of first Moon Mission to a really scenic location (mountains and rille valley !st mission with a moon buggy rover
International Observe the Moon Night	Oct. 8, Sat	This special event invites the world to look up and learn about the moon. It’s surprising how many new discoveries about the Moon don’t make it into the heads of Joe six-pack and his kids. Since the 1990s, many spacecraft have visited the Moon from so many nations! Yet, despite the wealth of new info, researcher Emily CoBabe-Ammann found that no available public school book contains lunar science results that come from modern exploration – everything is based on Apollo! Well,  it’s time to change what people know about the Moon. - Check ou tthe Visualize-the-Moon Poster Contest
World Space Week	Oct. 4-10 Sun-Sat	October 7th marks the anniversary of Sputnik, first satellite Declared by the UN, World Space Week is the largest annual public space event on Earth. It is organized by the global space and education communities. For listing of event plans by country, please visit www.worldspaceweek.org.
Famous Space Dates		July 20th  (1969) - First Moon Landing - Neil Armstrong and Buz Aldrin in Apollo 11 Eagle - 41st Anniversary (1976) - First spacecraft soft landing on Mars and send back data, Viking I December 15th (1972) Man retreats from the Moon as Apollo 17 crewmen Harrison Schmidt and Eugene Cernan climb aboard the Lunar Module Challenger to leave the Moon with no plans in place for a return. - 39th Anniversary December 25th (1968) Apollo 8 carries first human crew around the Moon - 43rd anniversary
Other Opportunities		Any local or regional event on which you can "piggyback" an information table, or presentation area science fiction conventions