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.


Upcoming Topics:

August 2025

  • Friday, 8/1 - No Storytelling - Blue Angels
  • Saturday, 8/2 - No Aerospace Updates - Jet Blast Bash
  • Sunday, 8/3 - No Storytelling - Jet Blast Bash
  • Monday, 8/4 - Harry Stewart Jr. with Wayne Martin
  • Tuesday, 8/5 - Unauthorized Cargo with Paul Harvey
  • Wednesday, 8/6 - The Great Air Races with Tom Brown
  • Thursday, 8/7 - Those Magnificent Men with Rich Sorensen
  • Friday, 8/8 - The B-52 and Vietnam with Dave Wellman
  • Saturday, 8/9 - Aerospace Updates with Tom Allan in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 8/10 - Gliders in Bastogne with Bill Seguin
  • Monday, 8/11 - Dole Derby Disaster: Air Race to Hawaii with Dennis Hatfield
  • Tuesday, 8/12 - Haunted Aviation Stories with Larry Kanaster
  • Wednesday, 8/13 - Steam in the Air with Bill Griffith
  • Thursday, 8/14 - Dole Derby Disaster: Air Race to Hawaii with Dennis Hatfield
  • Friday, 8/15 - Landing on a Postage Stamp with Jim Frank
  • Saturday, 8/16 -  Aerospace Updates with Tom Allan in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 8/17 - The Three Wright Brothers with Greg Hunter
  • Monday, 8/18 - USS Nimitz with Jeff Culver
  • Tuesday, 8/19 - The Black Box with Bob Semlow in the Great Gallery under the 737
  • Wednesday, 8/20 - B-24 Commander to Prisoner of War (POW) with Dan Ford
  • Thursday, 8/21 - B-17 Pilot: Combat Missions with Dick Nelms
  • Friday, 8/22 - Six Women Who Changed History with Charles Fitzgerald
  • Saturday, 8/23 - Aerospace Updates with John Cotton in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 8/24 - Rosie the Riveter with Steve Smith
  • Monday, 8/25 - French Resistance: Aiding Escaping Airmen with Jim Ray
  • Tuesday, 8/26 - U.S. Navy Airships with Roger Huston
  • Wednesday, 8/27 - Evolution of Jet Fighters with Jerry Coy
  • Thursday, 8/28 - Getting There is Half... with David Haglund
  • Friday, 8/29 - Dutch Holocaust Survivor with Pete Metzelaar
  • Saturday, 8/30 - Aerospace Updates with Ron Hobbs in the Simonyi Space Gallery
  • Sunday, 7/31 - Pioneering Female Pilots with Leslie Czechowski


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