Sarnia, ON – To commemorate the anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon, the Sarnia Library will show the episode "Moon" from the BBC series "The Planets," on Monday, July 18, 2011 at 7:30 PM in the Library Theatre.  Admission is free.

"Moon" describes the major steps in the race to Moon between the Soviet Union and the United States. This is done by using original video, images and interviews with the people involved including Harrison Schmidt the only geologist to walk on the Moon and Sergei Khrushchev, son of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, who tells that his father was prepared to agree to do a joint Moon expedition with President Kennedy that was stymied by the latter's assassination in 1963.    It then goes on to examine the results of the Moon's exploration and how they changed society's conceptions about how the Moon came to be.

Seating is limited; to reserve your free seat please call the Reference Department at 519 337-3291.

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Contact:

Jeffrey Allan Beeler

Reference Librarian, Sarnia Library

124 Christina Street South

Sarnia, ON N7T 8E1

Telephone:  519 337-3291

email:  jeffrey.beeler@county-lambton.on.ca