Fifty years ago, events were building toward what some historians now recognize as a watershed in history – the beginning of the Space Age. The NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum History Division are sponsoring a conference on the 50th anniversary of the Space Age, to be held in Washington D.C. October 22-23. The conference is titled "Remembering the Space Age," and encompasses two main themes:

1. National and Global Dimensions of the Space Age. Has the Space Age fostered a new global identity, or has it reinforced distinct national identities? How does space history connect with national histories and with the histories of transnational or global phenomena such as the Cold War or the rise of global markets or global satellite communications?
2. Remembrance and Cultural Representation of the Space Age. How is the historical record of the Space Age collected, preserved, displayed, and interpreted around the world, especially in the US, Russia, the European Union, Canada, and China? What purpose do space museums serve and what message do they convey? How accessible are space archives? How do the "official" versions of events square with the document trail and with eyewitness accounts? How has the Space Age been represented in the arts, the media, the movies, in propaganda discourse, and so on?

This web site contains the logistics and registration information for the “50th Anniversary Conference Remembering The Space Age”, to be held at the AAAS facility, October 22-23, 2007.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Hotel Reservation Cutoff Date: SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
• No Registration Fee
• Pre-Registration Cutoff: OCTOBER 5, 2007

Questions?

• If you have questions regarding registration for the workshop, please contact Kathy Regul at (301) 850-9102 or kregul@harris.com.
• If you have questions regarding the technical portion of this workshop, please contact Nadine Andreassen at NASA Headquarters, (202) 358-0383 or via email nandreas@hq.nasa.gov

Please Note: On-site registration will be permitted; however, pre-registration via this web site is strongly encouraged for your convenience as well as our planning purposes.