Hands Around the Museum Challenge

Name: Hands Around the Museum Challenge
Start: 2025-07-17T14:00:00-05:00
Location: 200 W Main St, Sparta, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54656

Deke Slayton Memorial Space & Bicycle Museum

Highlights

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025 at 02:00 pm

200 W Main St, Sparta, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54656

Date & Location

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025 at 02:00 pm (CDT)

200 W Main St, Wisconsin 54656

200 W Main St, WI 54656-2141, Wisconsin, Sparta, United States

About the event

Hands Around the Museum Challenge

Gather around the Deke Slayton statue for a group picture, then surround the outside of the museum holding hands to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of the "handshake in space" that took place on July 17, 1975 at 2:17pm CT. A drone will take our picture.

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Next month, 15th July, 10:00 am, Rocket Day in Sparta
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Next month, 19th July, 01:00 pm, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project 50th Anniversary Round Table in Sparta

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Deke Slayton Memorial Space & Bicycle Museum

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Hands Around the Museum Challenge

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025 at 02:00 pm