Join Museum curator and geologist John Grant for an overview of NASA’s ongoing rover missions to Mars and the exploration taking place on the Red Planet today.

Maj. Ben Calhoon, Chief of the Positioning, Navigation and Timing Branch within the Space Operations Division of Headquarters Air Force, will discuss the importance of GPS.

Astronaut Danny Olivas talks about his journey from his hometown of El Paso, Texas to the final frontier of space.

Understanding the hazards of space weather on crewed and robotic missions is vital to informing plans for NASA’s Journey to Mars and other missions into our solar system, and beyond.

Learn about the history of spacesuits from space history curator Cathleen Lewis and NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman.

Martin Collins, space history curator at the museum, and historian Lisa Ruth Rand discussing past and current orbital debris research, some American and international efforts to reduce debris.

New evidence of very recent geologic activity on the Moon.

Join us for a lively conversation with curators and Museum staff on the ups and downs of this exhibition.

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Tom Barclay and Hannah Wakeford will talk about what we have learned so far in our exploration of exoplanets to look for biomarkers, signs of alien life.