Our Sunday 1960s Centennial Celebration weekend program welcomes the Dawn of the Space Age. Engage with dramatic Living History presentations of Heroic Space Animals, celebrate our Saturn V model and welcome back author and food historian Richard Foss with a wild and wonderful lecture From Tubes and Cubes to Space Espresso – Dining in Zero Gravity. We are proud to be joined for a second day of storytelling by Vietnam era pilots, courtesy of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of Distinguished Flying Cross Society.

10am-3pm Distinguished Flying Cross Society & Vietnam Aircraft (Great Gallery)

11am-130pm Laika: Space Dog Living History performances (Challenger Learning Center)

30 minute performances begin at 11am, 12pm & 1pm

11am-2pm Weekend Family Workshops (Great Gallery)

2pm-330pm Author and food historian Richard Foss presents From Tubes and Cubes to Space Espresso – Dining in Zero Gravity Food in space is more than sustenance – astronauts crave the flavors and textures of the planet they left behind. The tubes of mush that were standard in both the US and Soviet space programs didn’t offer this, but as the environment of space was better understood, food that was representative of their cultures and natural in form became possible. Italian astronauts brought pasta to space, the French brought haute cuisine, and the Chinese invented a unique variation on regional dishes so taikonauts could feel at home. This lecture is about the human longing for familiar foods and how it was achieved. The author will sign his book Food In the Air and Space: The Surprising History of Food and Drink in the Skies following his presentation. (Challenger Learning Center)