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October 30 - 31, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -

Robert Cenker

(STS-61C)


Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

October 30, 2026
Indianapolis, Indiana

7:30pm -

William Shatner

(Blue Origin NS-18)


October 30, 2026
Houston, Texas

11:30am -

Mark Polansky

(STS-98, STS-116, STS-127)

1:20pm -

Mark Polansky

(STS-98, STS-116, STS-127)


Astronaut Mission Memories
Space Center Theater, Space Center Houston

October 30, 2026
Washington, DC

10:30am -

Karen Nyberg

(STS-124, Soyuz TMA-09M, ISS 36/37)


October 31, 2026
West Lafayette, Indiana

9:15am -

Mark Brown

(STS-28, STS-48)


Purdue Space Day presentation to students
Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center, Purdue University

October 31, 2026
Louisville, Kentucky

7:30pm -

William Shatner

(Blue Origin NS-18)


October 31, 2026
Ann Arbor, Michigan

9:10am -

Aisha Bowe

(Blue Origin NS-31)


Michigan Space Grant Consortium Fall Conference
Kahn Auditorium, BSRB (Biomedical Science Research Building), University of Michigan

October 31, 2026
Houston, Texas

TBA -

Jared Isaacman

(Inspiration4, Polaris Dawn)

TBA -

Fred Haise

(Apollo 13)


Eugene Kranz

(Flight Director)


October 31, 2026
Houston, Texas

8:30am -

Brian Duffy

(STS-45, STS-57, STS-72, STS-92)


Breakfast with an Astronaut
The Food Lab, Space Center Houston

October 31, 2026
Houston, Texas

11:30am -

Brian Duffy

(STS-45, STS-57, STS-72, STS-92)

1:20pm -

Brian Duffy

(STS-45, STS-57, STS-72, STS-92)


Astronaut Mission Memories
Space Center Theater, Space Center Houston

October 31, 2026
Stephenville, Texas

TBA -

Charles Duke

(Apollo 16)


Astronaut Scholar Award Presentation
Tarleton State University


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