Last updated: June 2, 2023
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Preserving the Race for Space: Small Steps and Giant Leaps 2023
NCPTT
Join us in Cape Canaveral, Florida for a symposium exploring preservation of Space Race resources! The NPS National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) is hosting a three-day symposium, which will bring together professionals with a stake in preserving what the space race left behind, including conservators, curators, cultural resource managers, scientists, engineers, and collection owners. The symposium will feature talks and posters held at the Radisson Resort at the Port in Cape Canaveral.
Registration Information
Registration is through Eventbrite.
Registration costs:
Speaker Registration: $299
Student Registration: $199
Regular Registration: $399
Registration costs:
Speaker Registration: $299
Student Registration: $199
Regular Registration: $399
Conference Hotel Information
The Conference will be held at the Radisson Resort at the Port. We have a block of rooms available (rates below). Talks will be held in the Pavilion room at the hotel.
Conference Block Room Rate at the Radisson Resort at the Port
Standard: $149/night
Suite: $169/night
Reservation proceedures for room block rate:
How to make reservation within the group block and to receive the group rate.
1. Online:Radisson Resort at the Port
2. Enter dates
3. Under the "Special Rates" drop down menu, select "Promotional Code"
4. Under Promotional Code, enter the group code: "NPS024"
5. Follow through with the Reservation
OR
Call the hotel reservationist direct at 321-868-6573 or the Radisson Central reservationists at 800-333-3333 and mention group name: National Park Service
The cut-off date to make reservations in this block is May 19, 2023
Conference Block Room Rate at the Radisson Resort at the Port
Standard: $149/night
Suite: $169/night
Reservation proceedures for room block rate:
How to make reservation within the group block and to receive the group rate.
1. Online:Radisson Resort at the Port
2. Enter dates
3. Under the "Special Rates" drop down menu, select "Promotional Code"
4. Under Promotional Code, enter the group code: "NPS024"
5. Follow through with the Reservation
OR
Call the hotel reservationist direct at 321-868-6573 or the Radisson Central reservationists at 800-333-3333 and mention group name: National Park Service
The cut-off date to make reservations in this block is May 19, 2023
Conference Schedule
June 6-8, 2023
Keynote speaker: Roland Miller
Presenter Talks will be 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions.
Daily Schedule:
Keynote speaker: Roland Miller
Presenter Talks will be 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions.
Daily Schedule:
| Tuesday, June 6, 2023 |
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| 8:30 AM | 9:00 AM | Welcome, Logistics, Etc (Kirk Cordell, Jason Church) |
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Keynote: Abandoned in Place: Documenting and Interpreting the Industrial and Technological Remnants of the United States' Space Program by Roland Miller |
| 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Boldly Preserving: A National Effort to Preserve the Future of Space History by Geoff Nunn |
| 10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Break |
| 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Honoring the Space Race: National Historic Landmarks by John P. Olson |
| 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | The Stories that are Lost and Found in the Small Things by Dr. Meg Abraham |
| 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM | A Space Research Hub within mid-century modern Architecture: The digital heritage project of the Teague Research center by Ben Baaske |
| 12:30 PM | 2:00 PM | Lunch (On Your Own) |
| 2:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Preservation of Apollo-era Flown Engines Recovered from a Marine Environment by Paul Mardikian, Claudia Chemello, and Jerrad Alexander |
| 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Destination Moon: Conserving Apollo Era Artifacts for Display by Rachel Greenberg |
| 3:00 PM | 3:30 PM | Break |
| 3:30 PM | 4:00 PM | From Launch to the Moon: Applying Advance Imaging to Support Space Program Preservation by Mike Toth |
| 4:00 PM | 4:30 PM | NARA Motion Images by Criss Austin and Ellen Mulligan |
| 4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | "To Boldly Preserve": From Conference to Creation by Jonathan Coopersmith |
| 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Reception and Book Signing |
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 |
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| 8:30 AM | 9:00 AM | Offline or In-Use: The Astronomical Heritage Paradox by Jessica R. Wobig |
| 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Preparing the Apollo 11, Columbia for its National Tour by Lisa Young |
| 9:30 AM | 10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Preserving the “Cathedral”: Restoration of the Apollo Mission Control Center by Sandra J. Tetley, and Dr. Adam Graves |
| 10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Historic Preservation through Adaptive Reuse at Kennedy Space Center by Katherine Zeringue |
| 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | The final mission: Preserving NASA's Apollo Sites by Milford Wayne Donaldson |
| 11:30 AM | 1:00 PM | Lunch (On Your Own) |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Kennedy Space Center Tour |
Thursday, June 8, 2023 |
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| 8:30 AM | 9:00 AM | Can We Protect the Bootprints? by Michelle Hanlon |
| 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Making Thin Sections from National Treasures: A Little Moon Rock Goes a Long Way by Jeremy Kent |
| 9:30 AM | 10:00 AM | Break And Evaluations |
| 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Preserving Power: The Savannah River Site's Plutonium-238 and the Space Race by Josh Blackmon |
| 10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Space Fence: The Red River Air Force Space Surveillance Station Tracking Objects in Low Orbit by Travis Ratterman |
| 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | After Apollo by Dr. Rodney Hill and Dr. J.B. Bennington |
| 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Box Lunch and Wrap Up |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Drive to Space Force Base and Check In |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Space Force Base Tour |