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Published on: 9/26/2007
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) -- Chris Orwoll calls himself "a child of the Apollo era."
Now Orwoll, chief executive and president of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, will be a big part of the national and worldwide celebration of the 50th anniversary of space exploration.
The Cosmosphere in central Kansas will host a series of events and speakers through the rest of year, including men who walked on the moon, one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, shuttle astronauts, the pad leader for four space flight programs and the curator of the National Air and Space museum.
"The series of events and speakers planned for this fall should rekindle the excitement of space travel and exploring the heavens, similar to what we saw back in October of 1957, when Sputnik launched and ignited the space pace," Orwoll said.
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For Orwoll, the Cosmosphere CEO, the events harken back to his childhood, when astronauts came to visit his hometown of Downey, Calif., where the Apollo command module and shuttle were built.
"I have a newspaper clipping on my desk that shows me shaking hands with Apollo 16 astronaut John Young," Orwoll said.