SPUTNIK GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
From the Space Race to the Space Station:
Celebrating 50 years of exploration

November 15, 2007

Time: 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm on Thursday, November 15 2007. Toasts and speakers begin at 7:45 pm.

Location: The historic Washington Club, at 15 Dupont Circle NW in Washington DC. The Washington Club is less than a block from the Dupont Circle Metro Station, and there is an adjacent parking garage at 11 Dupont Circle.

Entertainment: The Jeremy Carlstedt Jazz Trio, all trained at the prestigious Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Many exhibits, including ones from NASA, the Russian Cultural Centre, and Barnes & Noble, will be available.

Guests of Honor: Yevgeny Zvedre, Senior Counselor for Science and Technology at the Russian Embassy, will host cosmonauts and historical commentators, including

• Cosmonaut Sergei Avdeyev, who has spent more than 2 years in space and held the world record for the "human time travel"
• Journalist Sergei Leskov of the newspaper Isvestia, who is renowned for more than 40 years of coverage of space issues
• Former Cosmonaut Vladimir Titov, Deputy Director of the Boeing Company Office in Moscow
• Dr. Lev Zelenyi, Director of the Space Research Institute for the Russian Academy of Science
• Paul Dickson, author of "Sputnik: The Shock of the Century"

Dress Code: Business Casual.

Additional Information: info@embassyevents.com

Tickets: The cost of the tickets includes appetizer buffet, a "Sputnik martini," Ferrand cognac, and access to all exhibits. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door. Tickets are available through Google Checkout - please follow the link below.