Tickets are on sale for the "Breakfast with an Astronaut" event scheduled Aug. 20 as part of the three-day Capital Eclipse celebration planned for the upcoming total solar eclipse, the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau announced Tuesday.
The breakfast will take place at the Capitol Plaza Hotel, 415 W. McCarty St., from 9:30-11:30 a.m. featuring Richland, Missouri, native and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, according to a news release from the CVB.
Hopkins was selected by NASA as an astronaut in 2009. He was a member of the Expedition 37/38 crew and has logged 166 days in space. He launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station in September 2013.
Tickets to the event are $20 per person, plus a service fee, and will include an eclipse souvenir, Capital Eclipse safety glasses, a Q&A, and a meet and greet. A limited number of tickets are available here.
Doors will open at 9 a.m. with a plated breakfast and welcome from Mayor Carrie Tergin, followed by a presentation from Hopkins.
For more information, contact Katherine Reed at the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau at 573-632-2820 or [email protected].