Moon Society Nashville Outpost at Dyer Observatory Telescope Night 3/21/25

Hi all, I represented MTSS by presenting my “Apollo to Artemis” exhibit at Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory’s Telescope Night on Friday 3/21 from 8:00-10:00 using spacecraft models of the Apollo Saturn V, LM, STS Space Shuttle, Soyuz and Artemis’s SLS, Orion, Lunar Gateway, and SpaceX and Blue Origin’s Human Landing Systems. Commercial space models shown were […]

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Moon Society Nashville Outpost at Montgomery Bell star party 3/14/25

On Friday March 14, BSAS had a star party at Montgomery Bell State Park in Dickson, Tennessee from 5-9:30. The weather forecast looked poor with clouds and wind, but the sun kept shining between clouds, so Ranger Runkle and I agreed to not cancel and see what happened.  I arrived at 5:00 and setup for […]

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Moon Society Nashville Outpost at SBES STEAM Night 3/14/25

Chuck Schlemm, MTSS and Nashville Outpost of the Moon Society, presented an  astronomy and space exploration exhibit at the Burns, Tennessee Stuart Burns Elementary School STEAM Night from 5-7:00 Thursday March 13. I had a great time sharing my  astronomy and space exploration exhibits with an estimated 300 students and guests.  I spoke directly with […]

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Moon Society Nashville Outpost at Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory 2/28

Hi all, I presented my “Apollo to Artemis” exhibit at Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory’s Telescope Night on Friday 2/28 from 8:00-10:00.  I talked with many of their 150 guests  using spacecraft models of the Apollo Saturn V, LM, STS Space Shuttle, Soyuz and Artemis’s SLS, Orion, Lunar Gateway, and SpaceX and Blue Origin’s Human Landing Systems. […]

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Nashville Outpost of the Moon Society at Adventure Science Center 2/23

Hello, Chuck Schlemm, Nashville Outpost of the Moon Society, had a great space exploration exhibit at Nashville’s Adventure Science Center’s Engineering Week Sunday 2/23 from 9:00 to 5:00.  There were ~1,400 visitors during the day. Chuck Schlemm, Bridget Lynam and Mark Lynam spoke directly with ~240 guests at our exhibit of “Apollo to Artemis and […]

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Moonbase Lappträsk Report

Moonbase Lappträsk is an initiative by ISRUtech Sweden AB intended to transform an old schoolhouse in the North of Sweden by the Finnish border into a moonbase analogue within a self-sustaining foundation (pun intended). Moonbase Lappträsk’s aim is to study and demonstrate technologies and systems required for sustaining long-term human colonization of the moon. I.e. […]

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Moon Society Nashville Outpost at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory’s Planet Parade Watch 1/24/25

Hello all, I presented my “Apollo to Artemis and Beyond” exhibit at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory’s Planet Parade Watch 1/24 from 6-9:00 pm.  I talked with ~100 of their ~350 guests using spacecraft models of the Apollo Saturn V, LM, STS Space Shuttle, International Space Station with docked Dragon, Soyuz & Progress and Artemis’s SLS, Orion, […]

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Nashville Outpost of The Moon Society, 2024 activities

Hello all, In 2024, the Nashville Outpost of The Moon Society, presented space exploration and space science programs and exhibits at 29 public events to ~16,500 people and spoke directly with ~3,200 guests promoting space education and human expansion into the solar system.  We expect 2025 will be even better.   We gave away many […]

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