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October 6 - 9, 2008
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - Gerald Carr (Skylab 3)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


October 7, 2008
Hampton, Virginia

7:30pm - Kenneth Reightler (STS-48, STS-60)

Sigma Series: "NASA Human Spaceflight - Past, Present, & Future"
Virginia Air and Space Center


October 8, 2008
Acme, Michigan

8:30am - Jerry Linenger (STS-64, STS-81, Mir)

Michigan Emergency Management Conference
Grand Traverse Resort


October 8, 2008
Brighton, Michigan

7:00pm - Jack Lousma (Skylab 2, STS-3)

Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 384 meeting
Todd Trainor Hangar, Brighton Airport


October 8, 2008
Omaha, Nebraska

8:30am - Gary Payton (STS-51C)
3:15pm - Kevin Chilton (STS-49, STS-59, STS-76)

Strategic Space and Defense 2008
Qwest Center Omaha


October 9, 2008
Chicago, Illinois

3:00pm - Alan Bean (Apollo 12, Skylab 2)

AGI Users' Conference
Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center


October 9, 2008
Houston, Texas

3:30pm - Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17)

Lunar and Planetary Institute 40th Anniversary Seminar Series: "Moon to Earth - Did You Think to Ask...?"
Universities Space Research Association


October 10 - 14, 2008
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - Jon McBride (STS-41G)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


October 10, 2008
Chicago, Illinois

9:15am - Robert Satcher (astronaut)
9:30am - Carl Walz (STS-51, STS-65, STS-79, STS-108, ISS-4)

NASA's Future Forum
Alder Planetarium


October 10, 2008
Omaha, Nebraska

7:30pm - Michael Fossum (STS-121, STS-124)

Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science Fall Conference
Strategic Air & Space Museum


October 10, 2008
Pontefract, England (United Kingdom)

7:30pm - Fred Haise (Apollo 13)

Ken Willoughby presents: "Failure is not an Option"
Carleton Community High School


October 11, 2008
Chicago, Illinois

11:00am - Kenneth Ham (STS-124)

Panel Discussion: "The Right Stuff and the Life of an Astronaut"
West Pavillion theater, Museum of Science and Industry


October 11, 2008
Houston, Texas

8:00pm - Ellen Ochoa (STS-56, STS-66, STS-96, STS-110)

HENAAC Anniversary Awards Show: Engineer of the Year
Grand Ballroom A-L, Hilton Americas-Houston


October 11, 2008
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

10:00am - Brian Binnie (SpaceShipOne X2)

ORION Congress
Atlantis, The Palm


October 15, 2008
Garden City, New York

7:00pm - Fred Haise (Apollo 13)

Legends of Air & Space Lecture Series: "Houston, We've Got A Problem"
Cradle of Aviation Museum


October 16, 2008
Garden City, New York

6:30pm - Fred Haise (Apollo 13)
James Lovell (Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13)

Air & Space Gala
Cradle of Aviation Museum


October 16, 2008
New York, New York

7:00pm - William Anders (Apollo 8)
Leroy Chiao (STS-65, STS-72, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-5, ISS-10)
Scott Parazynski (STS-66, STS-86, STS-95, STS-100, STS-120)

Lowell Thomas Awards Dinner: "Exploring Earth From Above"
Cipriani Wall Street


October 16, 2008
Arlington, Virginia

7:00pm - Janice Voss (STS-57, STS-63, STS-83, STS-94, STS-99)

National Conference on Aviation and Space Education
Crystal Gateway Marriott


October 17, 2008
Arlington, Virginia

8:15am - Janice Voss (STS-57, STS-63, STS-83, STS-94, STS-99)

National Conference on Aviation and Space Education
Crystal Gateway Marriott


October 18 - 29, 2008
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - John Fabian (STS-7, STS-51G)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


October 18, 2008
Houston, Texas

1:00pm - Peggy Whitson (STS-111, ISS-5, Soyuz TMA-11, ISS-16)

Sally Ride Science Festival
Rice University


October 18, 2008
Arlington, Virginia

8:15am - Bonnie Dunbar (STS-61A, STS-32, STS-50, STS-71, STS-89)

National Conference on Aviation and Space Education
Crystal Gateway Marriott


October 24, 2008
Zürich, Switzerland

4:15pm - Claude Nicollier (STS-46, STS-61, STS-75, STS-103)

Space Days 2008
Kantonsschule Enge


October 25 - 26, 2008
Hayes, Middlesex (United Kingdom)

TBA - Vance Brand (Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41B, STS-35)
Gerald Carr (Skylab 3)
James Lovell (Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13>
Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14)
David Scott (Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15)

Autographica autograph show
Radisson Edwardian Hotel


October 25, 2008
San Diego, California

5:00pm - Scott Carpenter (Mercury 7)

International Hall of Fame Gala
San Diego Air & Space Museum


October 25, 2008
Uetliberg, Switzerland

4:30pm - Claude Nicollier (STS-46, STS-61, STS-75, STS-103)

Space Days 2008
Hotel Uto Kulm


October 28, 2008
Denver, Colorado

7:00pm - Brian Duffy (STS-45, STS-57, STS-72, STS-92)

Stories from Space: "The Transition from Shuttle to Constellation"
Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum


October 30 - 31, 2008
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - Alfred Worden (Apollo 15)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


October 30, 2008
Chicago, Illinois

7:30pm - Eileen Collins (STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114)

Science Chicago: "Leadership Lessons from Apollo to Discovery"
Events Building Theater, Wilbur Wright College


October 31, 2008
Bremen, Germany

8:00pm - Thomas Reiter (Soyuz TM-22, STS-121, ISS 13/14)

Lecture: "Living and Working on a Space Station"
Übersee-Museum

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LEFT: Soyeon Yi, October 2, 2008, Glasgow, Scotland (Credit: Allan Doig); RIGHT: Walt Cunningham with Paolo D'Angelo, September 30, 2008, Rome, Italy (Credit: Paolo D'Angelo);
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