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May 17 - 23, 2008
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

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

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


May 17, 2008
Tucson, Arizona

8:30am - Frank Borman (Gemini 7, Apollo 8)

Commencement
McKale Center, University of Arizona


May 17, 2008
Boise, Idaho

10:00am - Barbara Morgan (STS-118)

Commencement: Honorary Doctorate presentation
Taco Bell Arena, Boise State University


May 17, 2008
Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Germany

9:00am - Sigmund Jähn (Soyuz 31)
Eberhard Köllner (former cosmonaut)
Oldřich Pelčák (former cosmonaut)
Vladimir Remek (Soyuz 28)
10:30am - Yuri Gidzenko (Soyuz TM-22, Soyuz TM-31, ISS-1, Soyuz TM-34)
11:15am - Gerhard Thiele (STS-99)

Space Days: 30th Anniversary of the Intercosmos Program
Deutsche Raumfahrtausstellung


May 18, 2008
Northampton, Massachusetts

10:00am - Mae Jemison (STS-47)

Commencement (honorary degree)
Smith College


May 21, 2008
Hampton, Virginia

6:30pm - Roger Crouch (STS-83, STS-94)

Virginia Academy of Science and Virginia Junior Academy of Science meeting
Virginia Air and Space Center


May 24 - 31, 2008
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - Charles "Sam" Gemar (STS-38, STS-48, STS-62)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


May 25, 2008
Waterville, Maine

10:00am - Sunita Williams (STS-116, ISS-14/15)

Commencement
Miller Library Lawn, Colby College


May 28, 2008
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

TBA - Marc Garneau (STS-41G, STS-77, STS-97)

Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner
Granite Club


May 28, 2008
Częstochowa, Poland

12:00pm - Miroslaw Hermaszewski (Soyuz 30)

Public presentation
Akademia Jana Dlugosza w Czestochowie


May 29, 2008
Washington, DC

12:00pm - Gary Payton (STS-51C)

International Space Development Conference
Capital Hilton


May 30, 2008
Washington, DC

9:00am - Charles Precourt (STS-55, STS-71, STS-84, STS-91)

International Space Development Conference
Capital Hilton


May 30, 2008
Berlin, Germany

11:00am - Sigmund Jähn (Soyuz 31)
Thomas Reiter* (Soyuz TM-22, STS-121, ISS 13/14)
Gerhard Thiele* (STS-99)
* invited

Berlin Air Show: "30 Years of Manned Spaceflight in Germany"
Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport


May 31, 2008
Washington, DC

11:00am - Anousheh Ansari (Soyuz TMA-9)
Gregory Olsen (Soyuz TMA-7)
7:00pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)

International Space Development Conference
Capital Hilton

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