Modern Times Lecture Series
Preservation Moon
Karen Kincaid Brady
SUnday, November 2, 2025 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm
**Doors at 2:00pm; Lecture at 2:30PM
In Person and online!
Tickets
$10 General Admission | $5 Student | $0 NCHM Member
On July 20, 1969 at 4:17 PM EDT Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully landed on the moon at Tranquility Base. A few hours later, at 10:56 PM EDT, 238,900 miles away a command center in Houston received the transmission “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” as Neil Armstrong stepped out onto the moon’s surface.
Preservation Moon will look at this moment through communications with the command center in Houston, historic images, videos, and satellite data. It will also view Tranquility Base as a cultural landscape and the potential necessity for preservation at the site.
To attend online, register and receive the Zoom meeting link by email ahead of the lecture.
About the Speaker
Karen Kincaid Brady
Karen Kincaid Brady is a space history enthusiast, who got the idea for Preservation Moon while attending a panel at a Comic Convention in DC. The topic went on to become her Master’s Thesis at the University of Texas at Austin. Following the completion of the Master of Science in Historic Preservation (MSHP) program Karen went on to spend five glorious years at the Neill-Cochran House Museum, striving to develop exciting and new programming bring the house to life for visitors of all ages. Prior to joining the Neill-Cochran House, Karen worked as a Project Manager and Historic Preservation Lead at R&K Solutions, Inc. and as the Membership Coordinator at the Federal Bar Association. In addition to her MSHP, Karen also holds a BA and MA in History, and a Certificate in Historic Preservation from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Karen’s publication achievements include The Hangars on the Banks of the St. John’s River: The Landplane Hangar Historic District at NAS Jacksonville and “Monumental Reinterpretation.”
Sponsors
Become a sponsor for this event? Contact Cristina Feldott at (512) 478-2335 or cfeldott@nchmuseum.org.