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December 11 - 14, 2025
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
Barbara Morgan
(STS-118)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

December 11, 2025
Worcester, Massachusetts

5:00pm -
Stephen Bowen
(STS-126, STS-132, STS-133, SpaceX Crew-6, ISS 68/69)

USS Massachusetts Commissioning Foundation presentation: "Hands-On Engineering in the Most Demanding Environments: Engineering, Grit, and the Power of Innovation"
Great Hall, Higgins House, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

December 11, 2025
Zielona Góra, Poland

9:00am -
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski
(Axiom 4)

"Poland Reaches for the Stars" tour
Park Technologii Kosmicznych

December 12 - 14, 2025
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

9:15am -
Michael Baker
(STS-43, STS-52, STS-68, STS-81)

Fly With an Astronaut
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

December 12 - 13, 2025
Houston, Texas

11:30am -
John-David Bartoe
(STS-51F)

1:20pm -
John-David Bartoe
(STS-51F)

Astronaut Mission Memories
Space Center Theater, Space Center Houston

December 13, 2025
Madison, Alabama

11:00am -
N. Jan Davis
(STS-47, STS-60, STS-85)

Book signing: "Air Born"
Blue Apple Books

December 13, 2025
Omaha, Nebraska

9:00am -
Clayton Anderson
(STS-117, ISS-15/16, STS-131)

BookFest Omaha: Special guest photos and book signing
IBEW Hall

December 13, 2025
Houston, Texas

8:30am -
John-David Bartoe
(STS-51F)

Breakfast with an Astronaut
The Food Lab, Space Center Houston

December 13, 2025
Seabrook, Texas

6:00pm -
Anne McClain
(Soyuz MS-11, ISS 58/59)

Jessica Meir
(Soyuz MS-15, ISS-61/62)

Texas Chapter of The Explorers Club dinner: "Pushing Beyond: The Next Era of Human Spaceflight"
Lakewood Yacht Club

December 13, 2025
Calgary, Alberta (Canada)

1:30pm -
Robert Thirsk
(STS-78, Soyuz TMA-15, ISS 20/21)

Talks: "Found in Space"
EEEL Building, University of Calgary

December 14, 2025
London, England (United Kingdom)

TBA -
Tim Peake
(Soyuz TMA-19M, ISS 46/47)

Special event: "Celebrating 10 Years Since Blast Off"
Space gallery, Science Museum, London

December 15 - 16, 2025
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
Michael Baker
(STS-43, STS-52, STS-68, STS-81)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

December 16, 2025
Lublin, Poland

TBA -
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski
(Axiom 4)

"Poland Reaches for the Stars" tour
Związek Uczelni Lubelskich

December 17 - 20, 2025
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
John-David Bartoe
(STS-51F)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

December 18, 2025
Białystok, Poland

TBA -
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski
(Axiom 4)

"Poland Reaches for the Stars" tour
Medical University of Białystok

December 19 - 20, 2025
Houston, Texas

8:30am -
Kenneth Cameron
(STS-37, STS-56, STS-74)

Breakfast with an Astronaut
The Food Lab, Space Center Houston

December 19 - 20, 2025
Houston, Texas

11:30am -
Kenneth Cameron
(STS-37, STS-56, STS-74)

1:20pm -
Kenneth Cameron
(STS-37, STS-56, STS-74)

Astronaut Mission Memories
Space Center Theater, Space Center Houston

December 19, 2025
Warsaw, Poland

TBA -
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski
(Axiom 4)

"Poland Reaches for the Stars" tour
University of Warsaw

December 21 - 24, 2025
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
Woody Spring
(STS-61B)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

December 26 - 29, 2025
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
James "JR" Reilly
(STS-89, STS-104, STS-117)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

December 26 - 27, 2025
Houston, Texas

8:30am -
Brian Duffy
(STS-45, STS-57, STS-72, STS-92)

Breakfast with an Astronaut
The Food Lab, Space Center Houston

December 26 - 27, 2025
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

December 30 - 31, 2025
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
Kenneth Cameron
(STS-37, STS-56, STS-74)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

December 30, 2025
San Carlos, California

11:00am -
Rex Walheim
(STS-110, STS-122, STS-135)

Presentation: "The Last Space Shuttle Mission"
Hiller Aviation Museum

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Recent Sightings
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LEFT: Nichole Ayers with Neil Da Costa, Dec. 2, 2025, Houston, TX (CREDIT: Neil Da Costa); RIGHT: Garrett Reisman, Nov. 17, 2025, Downey, CA (CREDIT: Francis French);

LEFT: Gregory Linteris with Mark Pattison, Nov. 13, 2025, KSC, FL (CREDIT: Mark Pattison); RIGHT: Chris Hadfield with Chad Kebalo, Nov. 13, 2025, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada) (CREDIT: Chad Kebalo);

LEFT: Jannicke Mikkelsen with Neil Da Costa, Nov. 7, 2025, Sao Paulo, Brazil (CREDIT: Neil Da Costa); RIGHT: Tibor Kapu with Neil Da Costa, Nov. 7, 2025, Sao Paulo, Brazil (CREDIT: Neil Da Costa);

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Christer Fuglesang, Mario Runco, Mark Vande Hei, Ellen Weber, Sian Proctor, Kevin Kregel, Reinhold Ewald, Gerhard Thiele, Bill Oefelein, Jay Apt, Tony Antonelli, Sergei Revin, Richard Garriott, Anna Fisher, Paolo Nespoli, Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, Scott Parazynski, Ivan Bella, Randy Bresnik, Kay Hire, Tom Henricks, Mark Polansky, Drew Feustel, Mike Foreman, Julie Payette, Thomas Reiter, Pedro Duque, Marcos Pontes, Alper Gezeravci, Andre Kuipers, Anousheh Ansari, Marcus Wandt, Dorin Prunariu, Rick Hieb, Eytan Stibbe, Pavel Vinogradov, Bertalan Farkas, Sergey Korsakov, Norm Thagard, Greg Olsen, Pam Melroy, Bill McArthur, Bob Cabana, Tom Marshburn, Jim Voss, Tibor Kapu, Yury Usachev, Aleksandr Ivanchenkov, Bobby Satcher, Hazza Al-Mansoori, Jannicke Mikkelsen and Kate Rubins, Nov. 3, 2025, Sao Paulo, Brazil (CREDIT: Neil Da Costa)

LEFT: Jeff Williams with Mark Pattison, Oct. 30, 2025, KSC, FL (CREDIT: Mark Pattison); RIGHT: Jared Isaacman with Neil Da Costa, Oct. 25, 2025, New York, NY (CREDIT: Neil Da Costa);

LEFT: Sarah Gillis with Neil Da Costa, Oct. 25, 2025, New York, NY (CREDIT: Neil Da Costa); RIGHT: Eileen Collins, Oct. 25, 2025, London, UK (CREDIT: Bryar Deakin);

LEFT: Leland Melvin with Luigi Pizzimenti, Oct. 21, 2025, Milan, Italy (CREDIT: Luigi Pizzimenti); RIGHT: Rosemary Coogan, Claude Nicollier, André Kuipers, Ulf Merbold and Thomas Reiter, Oct. 12, 2025, Noordwijk, The Netherlands (CREDIT: Jacques van Oene);

LEFT: Ulf Merbold, Oct. 10, 2025, Noordwijk, The Netherlands (CREDIT: Jacques van Oene); RIGHT: Thomas Reiter and André Kuipers, Oct. 10, 2025, Noordwijk, The Netherlands (CREDIT: Jacques van Oene);

LEFT: Ulf Merbold, Oct. 10, 2025, Noordwijk, The Netherlands (CREDIT: Jacques van Oene); RIGHT: Nicole Stott with Simon Goddard and Alan Bickerstaff, Oct. 8, 2025, London, UK (CREDIT: Simon Goddard);

LEFT: Steve Frick with Mark Pattison, Oct. 2, 2025, KSC, FL (CREDIT: Mark Pattison); RIGHT: Reid Wiseman, Sep. 24, 2025, Houston, TX (CREDIT: collectSPACE);