HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Cosmosphere announced today it has already sold out the Apollo 13 50th Anniversary Celebration scheduled for April 4.
The space museum says the 220 or so tickets allowed for the event sold out in just seven minutes. While that event is sold out, tickets to the afternoon debriefing at the Fox Theatre are still available. General public tickets go on sale Wednesday, March 4, at the Fox box offices or the Fox Theatre website. Tickets for members are already on sale, but only about 30 remain as of Monday morning. Tickets for nonmembers are $45.
Slated to appear at the event are Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise; flight director Gene Kranz; and mission control personnel Gerry Griffin, Milt Windler, John Aaron, Jerry Bostick, Vance Brand, Chuck Deiterich, Ed Fendell, Spencer Gardner, Jack Lousma, Ed Smylie, and Frank VanRensselaer. Author Andrew Chaikin and Michael Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and former NASA Administrator, will also be on hand. Glynn Lunney will speak via pre-recorded video.
Tickets can be purchased starting March 4 at the Fox box office or online at hutchinsonfox.com.