Aerospace Update

Time: Saturdays at 1:00 PM
Location: Charles Simonyi Space Gallery (unless otherwise noted)
FREE with Museum Admission

A weekly 25-minute recap of the latest news in astronomy, aviation, and spaceflight from our own experts. Q&A to follow.

Storytelling

Time: Sunday through Friday at 1:00 PM
Location: Personal Courage Wing Quonset Hut (unless otherwise noted)
FREE with Museum Admission

A 25-minute experience presenting historic stories that range from epic tales of personal heroism to the daily adventures of modern pilots, astronauts and ground crew working in commercial aviation and aerospace.

Space Talks LIVE!

Time: Saturday and Sunday at 11:00 AM
Location: Apollo Gallery
FREE with Museum Admission

A 15-minute experience presenting stories about astronauts, space exploration, or astronomy. The presenter is live via Zoom on a screen at the rear of the Apollo Gallery.


Upcoming Topics:

October 2025

  • Wednesday, 10/1 - The Great Air Races with Tom Brown
  • Thursday, 10/2 - Need for Speed with Dave Haglund
  • Friday, 10/3 - Dutch Holocaust Survivor with Pete Metzelaar
  • Saturday, 10/4 at 11:00am - Gemini Rendezvous with Roger Huston in the Apollo Gallery
  • Saturday, 10/4 at 1:00pm - Aerospace Updates with Mike Martinez in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 10/5 at 11:00am - The Enterprise: OV-1 with David Fawley in the Apollo Gallery
  • Sunday, 10/5 at 1:00pm - After Vietnam with Fred Quarnstrom
  • Monday, 10/6 - French Resistance with Jim Ray
  • Tuesday, 10/7 - The Hindenburg: Luxury then Disaster with Roger Huston
  • Wednesday, 10/8 - B-24 Commander to Prisoner of War (POW) with Dan Ford
  • Thursday, 10/9 - Dole Derby Disaster: Air Race to Hawaii with Dennis Hatfield
  • Friday, 10/10 - Six Women Who Changed History with Charles Fitzgerald
  • Saturday, 10/11 at 11:00am - Gemini Rendezvous with Roger Huston in the Apollo Gallery
  • Saturday, 10/11 at 1:00pm - Aerospace Updates with John Cotton in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 10/12 at 11:00am - Apollo 8 with Sureya McGrath in the Apollo Gallery
  • Sunday, 10/12 at 1:00pm - Fly Girls with Leslie Czechowski
  • Monday, 10/13 - Minuteman Missile Launch Officer with John Brightbill
  • Tuesday, 10/14 - The Black Box with Bob Semlow in the Great Gallery under the 737
  • Wednesday, 10/15 - P-38 Lightning with Jerry Coy
  • Thursday, 10/16 - 'Freight Train' in Vietnam with Jerry Sousa
  • Friday, 10/17 - The B-52 and Vietnam with Dave Wellman
  • Saturday, 10/18 at 11:00am - X-15 with Steve Cavit in the Apollo Gallery
  • Saturday, 10/18 at 1:00pm - Aerospace Updates with Ron Hobbs in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 10/19 at 11:00am - Skylab with David Fawley in the Apollo Gallery
  • Sunday, 10/19 at 1:00pm - Little Santos with Greg Hunter
  • Monday, 10/20 - USS Nimitz with Jeff Culver
  • Tuesday, 10/21 - The Evolution of the B-1B Bomber with Don Allen
  • Wednesday, 10/22 - Tuskegee Fighter Pilot Harry Stewart Jr. with Wayne Martin
  • Thursday, 10/23 - Franklin D. Roosevelt's Secret Flight to Casablanca with Rich Sorensen
  • Friday, 10/24 - The Dreamlifter with John Weiss
  • Saturday, 10/25 at 11:00am - X-15 with Steve Cavit in the Apollo Gallery
  • Saturday, 10/25 at 1:00pm - Aerospace Updates with Gretchen Burks in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 10/26 at 11:00am - Apollo 8 with Sureya McGrath in the Apollo Gallery
  • Sunday, 10/26 at 1:00pm - A Difficult Day in an EC-130 with Bryan Osborne
  • Monday, 10/27 - Unsolved: DB Cooper; The True Story of the Skyjacking of Flight 305 with Mike Burns
  • Tuesday, 10/28 - Haunted Aviation Stories with Larry Kanaster
  • Wednesday, 10/29 - Flying the North Atlantic with Bill Griffith
  • Thursday, 10/30 - B-17 Pilot: Combat Missions with Dick Nelms
  • Friday, 10/31 - Landing on a Postage Stamp with Jim Frank
  • Saturday, 11/1 - Aerospace Updates with Tom Allan in the Simonyi Space Gallery


Check back at the end of the month for more upcoming presentations.