A special opening event will take place on April 21, 14:00h, at the the Trianon Theater located in Campos dos Goytacazes.
On April 20th we will have a special opening ceremony with the School of the Bolshoi Ballet (Brazilian School)
The meeting will include exhibitions, Digital Mobile Planetarium sessions, astronomy clubs exhibits, International Competitions, Star Party and many activities...
On April 22 and 23 all the presentations, workshops and exhibits will be held in IFF (Instituto Federal Fluminense - http://www.iff.edu.br), in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Louis Cruls Astronomy Club: http://calc.zip.net
At the 4th International Meeting of Astronomy and Astronautics the Louis Cruls Astronomy Club will becelebrating15 years of activities. Will be celebrated during the event 50 years of Flight of Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut, 5 years of the Brazilian Astronaut Mission and the Apollo missions.
Confirmed Invited Speakers:
Apollo 16 Mission Astronaut Charlie Duke (USA), Brazilian Astronaut Marcos Pontes, Cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Pavel Vinogradov (Russia), Mike Simmons (AWB - president and founder), Jin Zhu (China), Manoj Pai (India), Babak Tafreshi (Iran), Dirk Ross (Japan), Rosa Doran (Portugal), Virgiliu Pop (Romenia), Enrique Torres (Venezuela), Andrea Sanchez (Uruguay), Marco Pirateque (Colombia), Joan Chamberlin (USA), Michael Uberty (USA), Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão (Brazil).
The event is being organized by Louis Cruls Astronomy Club andhave the support of Instituto Fedreal Fluminense - campus-Campos, Cultural Foundation Journalist Oswaldo Lima of the Cityof Campos dos Goytacazes,Astronomers Without Borders, UNAWE, UNESCO office in Brazil,
Diário da Rússia http://www.diariodarussia.com.br
Russia Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, USA Consulate in Rio de Janeiro and the program StarPeace .
The UNAWE program in Brazil from December 2010 has the support ofthe UNESCO office in Brazil. Excellent news.
The program "Um Passeio pelo Céu"(http://www.tvlitoral.com.br)will make a complete coverage of the event.
Any doubts? Make contact!!!Soon Great NEWS!!!