One Night Only!
Cinema at Hedgerow
Special post-show discussion with astronaut Gregory T. Linteris!
Friday, April 10 at 7pm
Apollo 11
Adult Tickets: $14
Student with valid ID: $12
Youth (under 12): $10
plus $2 fee per ticket
Runtime: 93 minutes
Rating: G
Screening begins at 7pm
“A mesmerizing movie” -The New York Times
“Stunning return to an incredible journey… Featuring previously unseen footage, this electrifying documentary marks 50 years since the first moon landing” -The Guardian
Directed by Todd Douglas Miller, Apollo 11 presents an immersive account of NASA’s first moon landing using newly discovered and meticulously restored 70mm footage. Constructed entirely from archival material and mission audio, the film chronicles the build-up, launch, lunar touchdown, and return to Earth with striking immediacy, capturing intimate moments with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Winner of the Critics’ Choice Documentary Award and the Peabody Awards, this documentary has been widely recognized as a visually remarkable and electrifying cinematic reconstruction of one of humanity’s defining achievements.
Watch the trailer!
Meet our guest Dr. Gregory T. Linteris
Dr. Linteris has an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University, a master’s degree in Mechanical Design from Stanford University, and master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton. He is currently on the research staff at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and has been an instructor at the Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Linteris has broad experience in energy and environmental research, with over two hundred scientific publications. His specialty is combustion, but his motivation is to perform scientific research for the public interest. He has lectured nationally and internationally on his research, and has received numerous awards and honors, including a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the White House. Working for NASA, he has served as a payload specialist astronaut on two space shuttle missions and has spent twenty days in Earth orbit. His first mission, in April 1997, was cut short due to a problem with one of the ships electricity-generating fuel cells, with the crew returning to Earth after only four days. NASA decided to re-fly the mission, and send the crew back to space three months later, in what was a highly successful mission to study the effects of micro-gravity on combustion and material science.
At his job at NIST, Dr. Linteris has been working to find replacements for certain fire extinguishing chemicals, which while very effective, are known to destroy stratospheric ozone (which shields living things from deadly ultraviolet light). Recently, he has also been working to find replacements for fire retardant chemicals that are commonly added to materials but which are now believed to be hazardous to human health.
In addition to his professional responsibilities at NIST, Dr. Linteris is a sought-after speaker and has given hundreds of motivational presentations about his trips to space.