Tickets Available for NYC Charity Dinner with Celebrity Astronauts

May 17, 2012 - PRLog -- NEW YORK – Limited tickets are still available for a space-age celebration that lands in the Big Apple on May 23 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of America’s first manned space launches with the Mercury astronaut who made that journey, Scott Carpenter.

Relive the exhilaration of ticker-tape parades and the American space race alongside Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart; Moonwalkers David Scott, Harrison Schmitt and Gene Cernan; America’s first Space Shuttle pilot, astronaut Robert Crippen; best-selling author of The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe; and famed ’60s rock ‘n’ roll innovator, Charlie Gracie.

The non-profit Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) is offering this exclusive opportunity for a limited number of guests to take part in a rare event over two days in New York City. The event begins Wednesday, May 23, at the renowned Players Club in Gramercy Park for an intimate dinner for Carpenter and his guests.

After an evening recounting the amazing tale of the Mercury launch, guests will walk in the steps of history on the flight deck of the Aurora 7 recovery ship, USS Intrepid, in a ceremony featuring Carpenter and ship crewmembers from that historical day!

Limited spots are still available for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Tickets are $1,200 each and may be purchased online at www.AstronautScholarship.org, or by calling 321-455-7014.

About the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

The non-profit Astronaut Scholarship Foundation aids the United States in retaining its world leadership in science and technology by providing scholarships to exceptional college students pursuing degrees in these fields. ASF funds twenty-eight $10,000 scholarships annually and has awarded nearly $3.5 million to students nationwide. For more information visit: www.AstronautScholarship.org.


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