Join us as we welcome our new Home Beyond Earth exhibition with a grand opening that will keep you and the family in orbit all day with space station-themed workshops, presentations and expert guests. See more event info here.
A vast trove of stories filled with excitement, danger, humor, sadness, failure, and success, Outposts on the Frontier reveals how the Soviets and the Americans combined strengths to build space stations over the past fifty years. At the heart of these scientific advances are people of both greatness and modesty. Jay Chladek documents the historical […]
Make a rocket out of cardboard tubes, coffee stirrers, 3D Printed cones and LED lights! Led by artist and scale modeler Jhun Carpio, this hands on and customizable workshop takes 10-15 minutes and is suitable for ages 9+. While supplies last. Jhun Carpio is a scale model artist who has been creating models since he […]
Join Erika Wagner, Blue Origin’s Senior Director for Emerging Space Markets, as she discusses Orbital Reef, the future of space stations, and living in space! Q&A to follow.
Try one of Fran's Chocolate's Thins and learn about their local store in Georgetown!
STANCE is Seattle's first and only choir by and for transgender and nonbinary singers. They join us for an epic performance in celebration of Sally Ride, Pride month, and the Museum of Flight’s new exhibit, Home Beyond Earth. Their performance will include a selection of songs about space, and they will be debuting an original […]
Vickie Kloeris’s Space Bites: Reflections of a NASA Food Scientist takes readers through the many memorable moments of her career as she worked on both the Shuttle and International Space Station food systems. If you’ve ever wanted an inside look at what it’s like to assemble a sandwich in space, produce a space food breakfast for the […]
We invite you to join us as we watch the Top 20 spacesuit designers from the all ages Spacesuit Design Challenge strut their stuff in the Spacesuit Design Fashion Show. Judges and entry packet to be announced. And, featuring DJ Wax Witch!
Join Ted Huetter and retired astronaut Tom Jones to talk all things space shuttle! Tom Jones will discuss his latest book, Space Shuttle Stories, an anthology of firsthand accounts from all 135 space shuttle missions from 2-3pm, and Ted Huetter, the Museum of Flight’s very own PR Guy, will share images from his upcoming book, […]
Satellites and rockets, launched into space by the hundreds for decades, are left as space junk when they no longer work. It is estimated that millions of pieces of debris of various sizes are orbiting the Earth right now. Even a small chunk of debris is travelling fast enough to damage or even destroy a […]
Are we ready to go to space? Hear from leading experts about the ethics and legal implications of exploring, colonizing, and living in outer space. We'll be joined by Michelle Hanlon, a space lawyer and co-founder of For All Moonkind, Kelly Weinersmith, space settlement experent and author of A City on Mars, and many more! […]
The Museum’s Home Beyond Earth exhibit expands its orbit and invites visitors to enter a futuristic life-size space station module—the TESSERAE Space Habitat Pavilion. The 20-foot high dome pavilion is a full-scale mock-up of the TESSERAE self-assembling space habitat designed to sustain and enrich life in orbit. Created in Cambridge, Mass. by Aurelia Institute, the […]
Astronaut Cady Coleman takes listeners from meteorite hunting in Antarctica to launching a $1.6 billion telescope into space to the wonder of spending six months living and working in zero gravity. This talk will inspire anyone eager to escape a box in which they have been (unfairly) placed or to develop the confidence to succeed, […]
The Museum invites you to an intimate evening reception and engaging presentation with retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Cassidy. Cassidy’s extensive NASA experience includes three spaceflights on the International Space Station between 2009-2020, performed ten spacewalks and served as Commander for Expedition 63 on the ISS during his 377 days in space. […]
