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Pitts Special aerobatic airplane in Museum Store

Book Signing
Astronaut Handbook
author, Meghan McCarthy
Saturday, May 2, 2009
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Discovery Station - Living and Working in Space

Family Day
Space Day
Celebrating Human Space Flight: Past, Present and Future
Saturday, May 2, 2009
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Throughout the Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Mars Day! 2007 - Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Astronaut Handbook
Saturday, May 2, 2009
11:30 am
Looking at Earth - Gallery 110
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Apollo 11 command module Columbia in Milestones of Flight

Book Signing
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
author, Brian Floca
Saturday, May 2, 2009
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
LeRoy the Flyboy
author, Shannon and Jerry Roberts
Saturday, May 2, 2009
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Astronaut Handbook
Saturday, May 2, 2009
1:30 pm
Looking at Earth - Gallery 110
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
Hell Hawks! The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht
author, Robert F. Dorr
Sunday, May 3, 2009
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Mall Building

Ask an Expert
Solving the Short Flight Problem
Presenter: Ronald Davies
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
America by Air - Gallery 102
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Mars Day! 2007 - Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
You're a Genius Blackboard Bear by Martha Alexander
Friday, May 8, 2009
11:00 am
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Pitts Special aerobatic airplane in Museum Store

Book Signing
A Pilot's Journey
author, George Norfleet and Curtis Christopher Robinson
Saturday, May 9, 2009
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





National Air and Space Museum Mall Building-Mall Side

Book Signing
Training the Best
author, Charles Herbert Flowers, Jr.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
You're a Genius Blackboard Bear by Martha Alexander
Saturday, May 9, 2009
11:30 am
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
Air Force One
author, Robert F. Dorr
Saturday, May 9, 2009
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
You're a Genius Blackboard Bear by Martha Alexander
Saturday, May 9, 2009
1:30 pm
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht
author, Robert F. Dorr
Sunday, May 10, 2009
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Mars Day! 2007 - Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Air and Space Board Book
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
11:00 am
Space Race - Gallery 114
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Pitts Special aerobatic airplane in Museum Store

National Children's Book Week
Air and Space Board Book
author, Corkey Hay DeSimone
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Story Time at Air & Scare at the Udvar-Hazy Center

National Children's Book Week
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
11:30 am
Throughout the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Air and Space Board Book
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
11:00 am
Space Race - Gallery 114
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Mall Building

National Children's Book Week
Air and Space Board Book
author, Corkey Hay DeSimone
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Story Time at Space Day

National Children's Book Week
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
11:30 am
Throughout the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Star Trek Starship Enterprise Model

Ask an Expert
Star Trek The Starship Enterprise
Presenter: Margaret Weitekamp
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Mars Day! 2007 - Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Christopher's Little Airplane
Thursday, May 14, 2009
11:00 am
America by Air - Gallery 102
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Pitts Special aerobatic airplane in Museum Store

National Children's Book Week
Christopher's Little Airplane
author, Mark James
Thursday, May 14, 2009
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Story Time

National Children's Book Week
Flights of Fancy—Stories for Children
Thursday, May 14, 2009
11:30 am
Throughout the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Ask an Expert
The Apollo Lunar Mapping Camera: How to Make a moon map with the Push of a Button
Presenter: Jennifer Levasseur
Thursday, May 14, 2009
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Story Time

National Children's Book Week
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Suitcase Stories with Judith Gravitz, special guest storyteller
Friday, May 15, 2009
11:00 am
Looking at Earth - Gallery 110
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Story Time at Air & Scare at the Udvar-Hazy Center

National Children's Book Week
Flights of Fancy—Stories for Children
Friday, May 15, 2009
11:30 am
Throughout the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

National Children's Book Week
Air and Space Board Book
author, Corkey Hay DeSimone
Saturday, May 16, 2009
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
A Pilot's Journey
author, George Norfleet and Curtis Christopher Robinson
Saturday, May 16, 2009
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
Training the Best
author, Charles Herbert Flowers, Jr.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Story Time

National Children's Book Week
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
You're a Genius Blackboard Bear by Martha Alexander
Saturday, May 16, 2009
11:30 am
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Story Time

National Children's Book Week
Flights of Fancy—Stories for Children
Saturday, May 16, 2009
11:30 am
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Book Cover: Hubble Imaging Space and Time

Book Signing
Hubble: Imaging Space and Time
Presenter: David DeVorkin
Saturday, May 16, 2009
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Mars Day! 2007 - Story Time

National Children's Book Week
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
You're a Genius Blackboard Bear by Martha Alexander
Saturday, May 16, 2009
1:30 pm
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Mars Day! 2007 - Story Time

National Children's Book Week
Flights of Fancy—Stories for Children
Saturday, May 16, 2009
1:30 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
Neil, Buzz and Mike Go to the Moon
author, Richard Hilliard
Saturday, May 16, 2009
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Sean O’Brien, staff astronomer of the Albert Einstein Planetarium

Public Observing at Sky Meadows State Park
Star Parties at Sky Meadows State Park
Host: Sean O'Brien
Saturday, May 16, 2009
8:15 pm to 11:00 pm
Sky Meadows State Park, near Paris, Virginia





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
Air Force One
author, Robert F. Dorr
Sunday, May 17, 2009
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





National Air and Space Museum Mall Building-Independence Side

Book Signing
Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965
author, Francis French
Sunday, May 17, 2009
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





F-1 Engine

Ask an Expert
You're not going to the moon without me! The F1 Engine
Presenter: Tom Lassman
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
You Can't Do That Amelia! by Kimberly Wagner Klier
Thursday, May 21, 2009
11:00 am
Golden Age of Flight - Gallery 105
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Major Gen. Joe Engle

Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture
To the Edge of Space and Beyond
Presenter: Major Gen. Joe Engle
Thursday, May 21, 2009
8:00 pm
Lockheed Martin Imax Theater
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free, Tickets Required





Mars Day! 2007 - Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
You Can't Do That Amelia! by Kimberly Wagner Klier
Friday, May 22, 2009
11:00 am
Golden Age of Flight - Gallery 105
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





National Mall Building, Mall side

Book Signing
Christopher's Little Airplane
author, Mark James
Saturday, May 23, 2009
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Mars Day! 2007 - Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
The Sun is My Favorite Star by Frank Asch
Saturday, May 23, 2009
11:00 am
Exploring The Planets - Gallery 207
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
A Pilot's Journey
author, George Norfleet and Curtis Christopher Robinson
Saturday, May 23, 2009
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
Training the Best
author, Charles Herbert Flowers, Jr.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





"One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure" Planetarium Show

Planetarium Show
One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure
Saturday, May 23, 2009
11:30 am
Albert Einstein Planetarium
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free, Tickets Required





Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
The Sun is My Favorite Star by Frank Asch
Saturday, May 23, 2009
1:30 pm
Exploring The Planets - Gallery 207
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
Air Force One
author, Robert F. Dorr
Sunday, May 24, 2009
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
A Pilot's Journey
author, George Norfleet and Curtis Christopher Robinson
Monday, May 25, 2009
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
Training the Best
author, Charles Herbert Flowers, Jr.
Monday, May 25, 2009
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" — Stories for Children
Mondays with Miss Anita
Monday, May 25, 2009
11:30 am
Space Race - Gallery 114
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Mall Building

Ask an Expert
National Air and Space Museum's Brand New Observatory and the International Year of Astronomy
Presenter: Katie Moore
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Milestones of Flight - Gallery 100
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Sara Seager

Exploring Space Lectures
Are We Alone? Searching for an Exoplanet Like Home
Presenter: Sara Seager
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
7:30 pm
Lockheed Martin Imax Theater
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free, Tickets Required





Mars Day! 2007 - Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
You Can't Do That Amelia! by Kimberly Wagner Klier
Thursday, May 28, 2009
11:00 am
Golden Age of Flight - Gallery 105
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Loening OA-1A "San Francisco"

Ask an Expert
Loening OA-1A San Francisco
Presenter: Jeremy Kinney
Thursday, May 28, 2009
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





National Air and Space Museum Mall Building-Independence Side

Book Signing
The Rising Sun Sets the Complete Story of the bombing of Nagasaki
author, Jerome Beser
Friday, May 29, 2009
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Mars Day! 2007 - Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
You Can't Do That Amelia! by Kimberly Wagner Klier
Friday, May 29, 2009
11:00 am
Golden Age of Flight - Gallery 105
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
You Can't Do That Amelia! by Kimberly Wagner Klier
Saturday, May 30, 2009
11:00 am
Golden Age of Flight - Gallery 105
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
A Pilot's Journey
author, George Norfleet and Curtis Christopher Robinson
Saturday, May 30, 2009
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
Training the Best
author, Charles Herbert Flowers, Jr.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free, Parking $15





National Air and Space Museum Mall Building-Mall Side

Book Signing
Stealth Down
author, Ross Simpson
Saturday, May 30, 2009
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Mars Day! 2007 - Story Time

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
You Can't Do That Amelia! by Kimberly Wagner Klier
Saturday, May 30, 2009
1:30 pm
Museum in Washington, DC
Admission: Free





Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
"Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965" & "In the Shadow of the Moon"
author, Francis French
Sunday, May 31, 2009
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Admission: Free





Museum Tours
Docent-led tours highlight the museum's collection and trace the history of air and space travel. Daily at 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM at both Museum locations.



Events Calendar
See all Smithsonian events

Programs
How the Shuttle got its Wings

How Do Things Fly?
Demonstrations & activities. Schedule posted daily at How Things Fly gallery entrance. Mall

Stop, Look, Discover!
Discovery Stations located throughout the museum. Schedule available at the Welcome Center. Mall/UHC

Free Highlights Tours
At both locations.
Mall/UHC

Ask an Expert
Short lectures by Museum staff every Wednesday (Mall) and alternating Thursdays (UHC).

Mall = Washington, DC
UHC = Chantilly, VA


Public Observatory

Public Observatory
Daytime observing through telescopes. The Public Observatory is open Wed through Sun from 12 - 3 pm (weather permitting).
Mall, east terrace.

Follow on Twitter at @SIObservatory


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