Media Advisory/Photo Op - Summer of Space lifts off at the Ontario Science Centre

Out-of-this-world summer line-up connects earthlings to the cosmos

TORONTO, May 14, 2019 /CNW/ - T-minus 2 days to lift off! On May 16, the Ontario Science Centre launches its Summer of Space, a series of interactive and informative interstellar experiences. The mission begins with two new exhibitions—Astronaut and Women in Space—and the IMAX^®-exclusive film, Apollo 11: First Steps Edition. Take your protein pills, put your helmet on and gear up for cosmic adventures from May 17 to September 2.

For the Summer of Space lineup, please visit OntarioScienceCentre.ca.

WHAT:	Summer of Space preview event
WHO:	Mark Armstrong, son of American astronaut Neil Armstrong Maurice Bitran, PhD, CEO and Chief Science Officer, Ontario Science Centre Roberta Bondar, MD, first Canadian woman and first neurologist in space Ben Feist, NASA software engineer and Apollo program historian Shawna Pandya, MD, citizen-scientist astronaut Natalie Panek, MASc, aerospace engineer
WHEN:	Thursday, May 16, 2019
	5:30 p.m	Registration opens
	6:15 p.m	Apollo 11: First Steps Edition screening, introduced by Ben Feist
	7:45 p.m	Panel discussion with Mark Armstrong, Roberta Bondar, Shawna Pandya and Natalie Panek
	8:15 p.m	Self-guided tour of Astronaut andWomen in Space exhibitions
WHERE:	Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road, Toronto (Please enter via main lobby doors.)

Social Media Links
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/OntarioScienceCentre
Twitter: @OntScienceCtr
Instagram: @OntarioScienceCentre
YouTube: www.YouTube.com/user/OntarioScienceCentre 

SOURCE Ontario Science Centre

Media contacts: Anna Relyea, Director, Strategic Communications, 416-696-3273 | c: 416-668-1967, [email protected]; Andrea Mus, Media Relations Officer, 416-696-3191 | c: 416-895-5482, [email protected]

Related Links

www.ontariosciencecentre.ca