KSC-2012-5793
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Turner Classic Movies, or TCM, brings their Classic Film Festival to NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a free screening of "Forbidden Planet," presented in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Participating in a panel discussion before the movie begins are, from left, Kennedy Director Robert Cabana, NASA astronaut Mike Massimino and TCM host Ben Mankiewicz. "Forbidden Planet," starring Walter Pigeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen, was nominated for an Academy Award in 1956 for best special effects in part for its robot character, Robby. Its storyline follows astronauts sent to a planet to find out why there has been no communication from the scientists working there. For more information about the Rocket Garden and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, visit http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com. Photo credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs
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October 13, 2012
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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