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: 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:

January 2026

  • Thursday, 1/1 - Franklin D. Roosevelt's Secret Flight to Casablanca with Rich Sorensen
  • Friday, 1/2 - The B-52 and Vietnam with Dave Wellman
  • Saturday, 1/3 - Aerospace Updates with Ron Hobbs in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 1/4 at 11:00am - Gemini Rendezvous with Roger Huston in the Apollo Gallery
  • Sunday, 1/4 at 1:00pm - Marina Raskova with Greg Hunter
  • Monday, 1/5 - Copper River Bombing with Paul Harvey
  • Tuesday, 1/6 - Mercury 13: America's Woman in Space Program with Jon Fehrenbach
  • Wednesday, 1/7 - Carrier Warfare with John Miller
  • Thursday, 1/8 - How Do I Stop this Thing? with David Haglund
  • Friday, 1/9 - The Vietnam War with Cal Kam
  • Saturday, 1/10 - Aerospace Updates with Gretchen Burks in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 1/11 at 11:00am - The Enterprise: OV-101 with David Fawley in the Apollo Gallery
  • Sunday, 1/11 at 1:00pm - The Evolution of Human Powered Flight with Jan Czechowski
  • Monday, 1/12 - Unsolved: DB Cooper - The True Story of the Skyjacking of Flight 305 with Mike Burns
  • Tuesday, 1/13 - Ellen Church: America's First Flight Attendant with Deana Paul Ross in the Great Gallery - Boeing Model 80A
  • Wednesday, 1/14 - World War II Gliders with Tom Allan
  • Thursday, 1/15 - 'Freight Train' in Vietnam with Jerry Sousa
  • Friday, 1/16 - Tommy Hitchcock: American Hero with Dave Cable
  • Saturday, 1/17 - Aerospace Updates with Mike Martinez in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 1/18 at 11:00am - Gemini Rendezvous with Roger Huston in the Apollo Gallery
  • Sunday, 1/18 at 1:00pm - Gliders in Bastogne with Bill Seguin
  • Monday, 1/19 - Top Gun Photography and the Million Dollar Route with Bryan Osborne
  • Tuesday, 1/20 - The Black Box with Bob Semlow in the Great Gallery - Under the 737
  • Wednesday, 1/21 - The Tuskegee Airmen with Harvey Hawks
  • Thursday, 1/22 - B-17 Pilot: Combat Missions with Dick Nelms
  • Friday, 1/23 - Boeing 747: The Dreamlifter with John Weiss
  • Saturday, 1/24 - Aerospace Updates with Tom Allan in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 1/25 at 11:00am - Skylab with David Fawley in the Apollo Gallery
  • Sunday, 1/25 at 1:00pm - Fly Girls: American Women Pilots in the 1930s with Leslie Czechowski
  • Monday, 1/26 - Corsair: The Airplane Pirate with Alan Werner
  • Tuesday, 1/27 - Pardo's Push with Ken McNair
  • Wednesday, 1/28 - The Last Unknown Soldier with Jeff Fought
  • Thursday, 1/29 - Dole Derby Disaster: Air Race to Hawaii with Dennis Hatfield
  • Friday, 1/30 - Blackbird Tales with Ken Bottini on the Great Gallery Overlook
  • Saturday, 1/31 - Aerospace Updates with John Cotton in the Simonyi Space Gallery


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