Science Technology

SEATTLE – On Jan. 31, Seattle rocket scientist and space exploration consultant, Dr. Roger Myers, will discuss the ongoing race to establish a sustained presence on the Moon and show how the development of space [Read More]

SEATTLE – North America’s biggest Yuri’s Night space-themed dance party is at The Museum of Flight on April 11 from 6-11p.m. The Museum’s Yuri’s Night is an annual 21+ spectacle transforming its largest gallery into [Read More]

CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) recently received a trailerful of plaster-coated care packages that add to its already expansive fossil collection – one of the largest in the country. The dinosaur fossils are the [Read More]

SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight turns 60 this month, and its Sept. 13-14 birthday weekend offers special tours, exhibits, family activities and lectures, plus the first showing of the Museum’s newly-acquired Learjet 24A, and [Read More]

SEATTLE, – On Oct. 1 the Museum presents a provocative book talk with award-winning Washington Post space reporter Christian Davenport and GeekWire science writer Alan Boyle. The two acclaimed space industry experts will discuss Davenport’s [Read More]

SEATTLE – The Museum’s annual Jet Blast Bash festival on the flightline is Seattle’s closest seat to experience the Blue Angels’ thunderous takeoffs and landings for the Boeing Seafair Airshow Aug. 2-3. JBB is also [Read More]

SEATTLE —The Museum of Flight’s major new exhibit for 2025 opens June 21 (media preview with Ralph Ziman June 18) with the world premiere of The MiG-21 Project, South African artist Ralph Ziman’s 5-year, multidisciplinary [Read More]

SEATTLE – The Museum is now accepting entries for its annual Spacesuit Design Contest, an all-ages exercise in fun fashion for fantasy spaceflights. This year’s theme is “Sustainability Suits,” and designers are challenged to build [Read More]

Coleman’s presentation and book signing reflects upon her Astronaut’s Guide to Mission Wonder and Making Change SEATTLE – On Jan. 11, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, space explorer, scientist, Air Force colonel and mom, will share [Read More]

Reception and a presentation with Cassidy, plus the Home Beyond Earth exhibit SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight offers an intimate evening reception and presentation with retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Cassidy [Read More]

SEATTLE – FIFI, one of only two World War II B-29 bombers still flying, will be based at The Museum of Flight Sept. 25-29 for rides and ground tours. The historic Superfortress is scheduled to [Read More]

SEATTLE – Is the new space age the beginning of a far-out Wild West? On Sept. 14 a diverse panel of spaceflight experts and professionals will take on the sticky realities of space law and [Read More]

SEATTLE – On Sept. 28, the Museum’s Home Beyond Earth exhibit expands its orbit and invites visitors to enter a futuristic life-size space station module—the TESSERAE Space Habitat Pavilion. The 20-feet high dome pavilion is [Read More]

SEATTLE – Scientist, author, pilot and NASA astronaut Tom Jones will talk about all things space shuttle during a lecture and book signing on Aug. 17. A veteran of four shuttle missions himself, Jones interviewed [Read More]

SEATTLE – On July 27, award-winning author Ron Miller and new Smithsonian coauthors Matthew Shindell and Margaret Weitekamp will lead a visual journey through the history of the spaceship in our collective imagination and in [Read More]

SEATTLE — The Museum’s annual spaceflight celebration, Sally’s Day, will be June 15, 11:30-4 p.m. with events honoring the enduring legacy of astronaut Sally Ride—the first American woman to fly in space. This year, The [Read More]

SEATTLE – The Museum’s new Home Beyond Earth exhibition opens June 8 with exciting events aimed at keeping families in orbit all day. Activities include space-themed workshops, planetarium shows, spaceflight presentations, games, making postcards to [Read More]