LOOK UP OPENS SKYFIE APP JULY 16-24 FOR THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO 11

NASA astronaut Mae Jemison’s Look Up project invites people to share multimedia expressions on the Sky Tapestry to celebrate “Footprints on the Moon, Pathways on Earth”
 
Houston, TX, July 14, 2019  – Fifty years ago, the world gathered together to celebrate the human ingenuity and daring that made it possible for Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin to become the first people to walk on the moon.
To honor that remarkable mission and ignite a deeper conversation about how footprints on the moon have led to new pathways on Earth, Look Up invites people around the world to contribute to a multimedia event on the Skyfie app from July 16 to 24—dates mirroring the launch and lunar landing of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.For this special event, Look Up encourages everyone to take a “Skyfie” and join thousands of others who are “looking up” all around the world. Participants can contribute photography, videos, audio, spoken word, poetry, prose, art and text, and view others’ contributions in real time on the interactive geospatial display, known as the Sky Tapestry.

Project founder and NASA astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison along with celebrity experts from the photography, literary, science, fashion, education, art and technology fields will provide daily challenges to prompt posts and discussion about our shared sky and planet with a theme echoing Apollo 11’s impact: “Footprints on the Moon, Pathways on Earth.”

The ideas and creative contributions posted to Skyfie from July 16-24 will comprise a multimedia time capsule on the digital Sky Tapestry capturing thoughts, hopes, ideas and creative expressions people share during Look Up Apollo 2019.

“The Apollo 11 lunar landing in 1969 unified people in optimism and wonder. We looked up, and saw a bigger picture. As we gather this month to remember that profound event, we are challenging ourselves to think about how those first footprints on the moon have inspired pathways for learning, technology and creativity here on earth,” said NASA astronaut, educator and entrepreneur Dr. Mae Jemison who leads Look Up and launched its Skyfie app in 2018.

“I believe that life is best when you live deeply and you look up,” adds Jemison. “We are all connected. We will not have a future if we don’t recognize our connections with others, with this Earth and our universe.”

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