Last updated: May 30, 2024
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Preserving the Race for Space 2024: From the Earth to the Moon and Beyond
Registration Information
Registration is through Eventbrite.Registration costs:
Regular Registration: $399
Speaker Registration: $299
Student Registration: $199
Call for Presentations
Potential Topics Include preservation of:- Structures and Sites
- Oral Histories
- Materials
- Technology
- Memorabilia
Presentations will be 30 minutes, including 10 minutes for questions. Please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words (excluding figures and references). Submissions need to include main presenter’s full name and contact information (name, title, organization, address, phone, email), and an additional 100-word biography for each presenter. We recommend no more than two presenters per presentation. Abstract Deadline EXTENDED to April 25, 2024.
Presentation Papers
Presenters will have the opportunity to prepare a paper for a symposium publication. Papers are due on September 1, 2024.
Important Dates
April 25, 2024: Presentation abstracts due
May 10, 2024: Accepted presenters notified
August 7, 2024: Presentation files (ppt) due
August 13-15, 2024: Symposium
September 1, 2024: Papers for Proceedings due
Submit abstract and bio to: Catherine Cooper at cooperca@nsula.edu
Conference Venue Information
Talks will be held at Space Center Houston, room TBAParking:
Parking vouchers will be available for symposium participants. Please email Catherine at cooperca@nsula.edu by August 5, 2024 to get yours in advance. You will need one for each day and they will need to be printed out and shown at the gate.
Conference Hotel Information TBD
Conference Schedule
August 13-15, 2024Keynote speaker: Michelle Hanlon
Presenter Talks will be 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions
| Speaker/Authors | Presentation Title |
| Meg Abraham | What's it Made of, What is it Not Made of, and How Was it Put Together? |
| Drew Adan and Cecilia Duykers | Flown Flora: NASA's Moon Trees and Public Memory |
| David Bucek and Jordan Shelton | Apollo Mission Control Center Preservation |
| Emily Carney | "Space in the Seventies" -- Attitudes toward imagery of spaceflight during the 1970s |
| Jonathan Coopersmith | Preserving the present to ensure the future of the past |
| Reagan Grimsley | Collection, Preservation, and Migration of Aerospace Oral Histories |
| J.J. Kent, L.J. Costello, H.C. O'Brien, L.R. Casturi, L.A. Watts, A.B. Mosie, and J.A. Ziegler | Stories from the Moon: The History of NASA's Largest Apollo Sample Display |
| Roland Miller | Documenting Historic Space Race Sites Pre and Post Demolition |
| Jeffrey Nesbit | Returning to Earth: Capsules, Airstreams, and Quarantines |
| Robert Pearlman | Five Lessons Learned from 25 Years of collectSpace |
| Matthew Peek | Making Space for History: Focused Approaches to Collecting Human Space Flight Archival Records |
| Paul Spana and Steve Pine | Resurrection of an American Icon: Authetication and Conservation of the lecturn used by President Kennedy |
| Jim Remar | Honoring the History of Space Exploration (Cosmosphere displays and initiatives) |
| Melanie Sanford | Saving 74 NASA Chairs: Restoration of the Seating in MOCR2--Visitor Viewing Area, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston |
| Mike Toth | Doing More by Doing Less: Digitally Preserving the Space Race |
| Lisa Young | Spacesuit Preservation at the National Air and Space Museum: New Approaches to Public Display |
| Zhang Zhihui and Zheng Yongchung | Future Lunar Exploration Faces Potential Controversies: a Chinese Perspective |
Daily Schedule TBA