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:

April 2026

  • Wednesday, 4/1 - Tuskegee Airmen Harry Stewart Jr. with Wayne Martin
  • Thursday, 4/2 - Incident on CAL Flight 120 with Dan Wellman
  • Friday, 4/3 - Dutch Holocaust Survivor with Peter Metzelaar
  • Saturday, 4/4 at 11:00am - The X-15 Program with Jan Zemplenyi in the Apollo Gallery
  • Saturday, 4/4 at 1:00pm - Aerospace Updates with Ron Hobbs in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 4/5 at 11:00am - Skylab with David Fawley in the Apollo Gallery
  • Sunday, 4/5 at 1:00pm - History of United Airlines with Steve Smith
  • Monday, 4/6 - The Dambuster Raid with Jeff Culver
  • Tuesday, 4/7 - The Mighty Eighth with Jon Fehrenbach
  • Wednesday, 4/8 - Carrier Warfare with John Miller
  • Thursday, 4/9 - The Doolittle Raid with Dave Waggoner
  • Friday, 4/10 - Landing on a Postage Stamp with Jim Frank
  • Saturday, 4/11 at 11:00am - Gemini Rendezvous with Roger Huston in the Apollo Gallery
  • Saturday, 4/11 at 1:00pm - Aerospace Updates with Tom Allan in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 4/12 at 11:00am - Space Suits with David Fawley in the Apollo Gallery
  • Sunday, 4/12 at 1:00pm - Pioneering Female Pilots with Leslie Czechowski
  • Monday, 4/13 - Marie Marvingt with Jim Ray
  • Tuesday, 4/14 - The Evolution of B-1B Bomber with Don Allen
  • Wednesday, 4/15 - The Tuskegee Airmen with Harvey Hawks
  • Thursday, 4/16 - Berlin Candy Bomber with David Haglund
  • Friday, 4/17 - Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) in Vietnam with Paul Rubin
  • Saturday, 4/18 at 11:00am - Gemini Rendezvous with Roger Huston in the Apollo Gallery
  • Saturday, 4/18 at 1:00pm - Aerospace Updates with Mike Martinez in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 4/19 at 11:00am - The X-15 Program with Jan Zemplenyi in the Apollo Gallery
  • Sunday, 4/19 at 1:00pm - Gliders in Bastogne with Bill Seguin
  • Monday, 4/20 - Unsolved: D.B. Cooper - The True Story of the Skyjacking of Flight 305 with Mike Burns
  • Tuesday, 4/21 - Ellen Church: America's First Flight Attendant with Deana Ross in the Great Gallery by the Boeing Model 80A
  • Wednesday, 4/22 - The Great Air Races with Tom Brown
  • Thursday, 4/23 - Voyager: The Plane That Did It? with Dave Jones
  • Friday, 4/24 - Six Women Who Changed History with Charles Fitzgerald
  • Saturday, 4/25 at 11:00am - Gemini Rendezvous with Roger Huston in the Apollo Gallery
  • Saturday, 4/25 at 1:00pm - Aerospace Updates with Gretchen Burks in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 4/26 at 11:00am - The X-15 Program with Jan Zemplenyi in the Apollo Gallery
  • Sunday, 4/26 at 1:00pm - Hitler's Last Bunker with Greg Hunter
  • Monday, 4/27 - Top Gun Photography with Bryan Osborne
  • Tuesday, 4/28 - U.S. Navy Airships with Roger Huston
  • Wednesday, 4/29 - Evolution of Fighter Tactics with Jerry Coy
  • Thursday, 4/30 - B-17 Pilot: Combat Missions with Dick Nelms


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