Labries mark anniversary of moon landing

On July 16, 1969, three American astronauts, Neil Armstrong, New Jersey native Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins launched into space with the moon as their destination. Armstrong and Aldrin successfully landed on the moon on July 20 while approximately 650 million people worldwide watched grainy TV coverage.
In celebration of the historic mission, the Sussex County Library System’s summer reading program theme for this year is Universe of Stories. All of the activities associated with the summer program reflect the 50th anniversary. Words like planets, galaxy, stars, meteors and the like dominate the fun that has been occurring from June 24 to August 3.
On Friday July 19, the Sussex-Wantage Library branch experienced the Pearl Observatory Earth and Space Science Enrichment program where about 30 excited youngsters entered a huge black capsule and were “transformed into outer space”. The capsule displayed the planets on the exterior and digitally projected every celestial form on the inside. Rob Teeter of Pearl Observatory captured the children’s imaginations and launched them on a space flight of their very own.
“I’m a scientist and I build telescopes as my business,” Teeter told the group.
He showed the group one of his constructed telescopes via I-pad and the telescope was probably larger than every child in the room.
Space fun and learning continues until August 3 at all Sussex County branches of the library. For a complete list of activities, programs and contests, visit the library website, sussexcountylibrary.com.