Outer Space

The book's name illuminated the wall.

Branded postcards decorated the tops of tables.

PSAV's lighting design included projected constellations.

Moons, stars, and candlelit hanging orbs also decorated the space.

Bartenders poured raspberry lemonade cocktails with vodka from sponsor Rokk.

Dressed like an astronaut, DJ Cousin John spun Top 40 tunes.

Passed snacks included crispy foie gras spring rolls with peach relish.

The "Cosmo-naut" cocktail was alcohol-injected gelatin floating in a liquid chaser.

Also on the menu: smoked salmon with charred lemon gel and bagel chips.

Guests could purchase the book on site and have it signed by the author.

The 1960s, the height of America's fascination with space travel, inspired the cocktail reception at the California Science Center ball.

The all-white lounge furniture included rocket-ship-inspired ottomans at the Innovators' Ball.

At the LG Innovators' Ball, motorized solar systems served as centerpieces for the high-top cocktail tables.

New York's Rumsey Playfield was the backdrop for the 2009 installment of the Central Park Conservancy's Halloween Ball. Large disco balls set atop urns reflected hundreds of spots of light onto the tent ceiling. The starry-night look was reinforced by projections of lightning bolts.

The opening gala for the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011, held at the Liberty Grand, took its space-age theme from the festival's opening film, From the Sky Down, a documentary about U2. Band members Bono and the Edge were among the attendees at the event, where audiovisual and lighting components served as decor focal points, thanks to a collaborative effort from Westbury National Show Systems and ESG Show Services. On TV screens, a looped video depicted surreal images of things like a mirror ball, the galaxy, and static.

The celestial look for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Emmy Governors Ball in 2010 borrowed from the night sky. Starry decor transformed the West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center for about 3,600 guests. Sequoia Productions, headed by Cheryl Cecchetto, produced the ball, where astrological signs inspired some of the decor elements.

A phalanx of female model staffers dressed in out-of-this-world space-age uniforms greeted guests as they arrived at the suburban Houston venue in Sugar Land.

The cocktail portion of the evening featured a series of interconnected all-white rooms, which guests entered into via an octagonal-shaped tunnel. A 32-foot-long walkway led from the spaceship-cum-cocktail area to the dinner space, which was styled to look like the surface of the moon.

The M.C. of the night, Lily Koppel, author of The Astronaut Wives Club, welcomed Omega ambassador George Clooney to the stage, calling him the  “man on the moon.” The actor, who emerged from a cloud of white smoke and waxed poetic on the Apollo 13 mission, shared the stage with Omega president Stephen Urquhart and astronauts Gene Cernan, Captain Jim Lovell, and General Thomas Stafford.

A Fare Extraordinaire provided the dinner, cocktails, and hors d'oeuvres, all of which featured a space-age theme, including the Tang-and-grapefruit-juice-infused vodka cocktail served in a Space Ration Hydropack.

Following a video announcement, Axe introduced its campaign spokesperson, astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin's dramatic entrance was accompanied by fog, a light shift from purple to red, and eight staffers dressed as astronauts descending the hall's staircase.