Released
08/25/2022
Huntsville, Ala. – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center will celebrate the launch of NASA’s Artemis I mission Monday, Aug. 29. Doors to the Davidson Center for Space Exploration open at 6:30 a.m., for the launch party. The launch window for the mission opens at 7:33 a.m., and ends at 9:33 a.m., and the launch party concludes at 10 a.m.
The response for this event has been tremendous, and the 3,000 complimentary tickets to the event are SOLD OUT. On-site parking will be first-come, first-serve. Thanks to the generosity of Calhoun Community College, overflow parking will be at Calhoun’s Huntsville campus, across Interstate 565 from the Rocket Center.
Participants are encouraged to carpool to maximize access to available parking, and the Rocket Center will provide continuous shuttle services from overflow parking to and from the Davidson Center for the duration of the event.
The Rocket Center is a designated site for NASA’s live stream of the Artemis I launch, and we are excited to showcase the Rocket City’s support of this mission and Huntsville’s management of the SLS rocket. We are encouraging participants to come dressed in their best space gear, Space Camp T-shirts and flight suits and aerospace company shirts to enhance the festive atmosphere.
“We can’t wait to share this milestone with the community that has played such an enormous role in creating it,” Dr. Kimberly Robinson, Rocket Center CEO and Executive Director and chair of the Huntsville Artemis planning committee, said. “If you can’t be at the Cape, there will be no better place to watch this history-making launch than under Huntsville’s first Moon rocket, the mighty Saturn V.”
In addition to hands-on activities throughout the event, several NASA Marshall Space Flight Center experts will be in attendance to share Huntsville-specific information about the launch.
For this early morning event, Chick-fil-a and Tom’s Coffee will be available for purchase as well as concessions inside the Davidson Center.
In further celebration of the Artemis I mission, the Rocket Center will light its vertical Saturn V rocket in red, white and blue from Friday evening until launch.