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February 3 - 4, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
Bill McArthur
(STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-7, ISS-12)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

February 3, 2026
Evanston, Illinois

3:00pm -
Kate Rubins
(Soyuz MS-01, ISS 48/49, Soyuz MS-17, ISS 63/64)

Center for Synthetic Biology Seminar Series
Northwestern University

February 3, 2026
Richmond, Virginia

6:00pm -
Leland Melvin
(STS-122, STS-129)

Presentation and book signing: "Space Chasers: To the Moon!"
bbgb: tales for kids

February 4, 2026
Monument, Colorado

6:00pm -
James "JR" Reilly
(STS-89, STS-104, STS-117)

STEAM Night/Science Fair
Bear Creek Elementary School

February 4, 2026
Titusville, Florida

6:00pm -
Bill McArthur
(STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-7, ISS-12)

Meet & Greet
Loyd Have Mercy

February 4, 2026
Washington, DC

6:30pm -
Daniel Tani
(STS-108, STS-120, ISS-16)

Exhibition Opening Talk: "Chasing Kaguya: Moon Myths to Missions"
Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan

February 4, 2026
Vienna, Austria

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

TU Wien Space lecture and discussion
U.S. Embassy Vienna

February 5 - 7, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
Mark Brown
(STS-28, STS-48)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

February 6, 2026
Houston, Texas

11:30am -
Kevin Ford
(STS-128, Soyuz TMA-06M, ISS 33/34)

1:20pm -
Kevin Ford
(STS-128, Soyuz TMA-06M, ISS 33/34)

Astronaut Mission Memories
Space Center Theater, Space Center Houston

February 7, 2026
Titusville, Florida

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

American Space Museum Space Memorabilia Show
Hyatt Place Titusville

February 7, 2026
Houston, Texas

8:30am -
Bill McArthur
(STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-7, ISS-12)

Breakfast with an Astronaut
The Food Lab, Space Center Houston

February 7, 2026
Houston, Texas

11:30am -
Bill McArthur
(STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-7, ISS-12)

1:20pm -
Bill McArthur
(STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-7, ISS-12)

Astronaut Mission Memories
Space Center Theater, Space Center Houston

February 8 - 10, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
Terry Wilcutt
(STS-68, STS-79, STS-89, STS-106)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

February 10, 2026
St. Petersburg, Florida

5:00pm -
Nicole Stott
(STS-128, ISS 20/21, STS-133)

St. Petersburg World Affairs Council Conference on World Affairs: "Outer Space: International Collaboration and Competition"
University Student Center, University of South Florida - St. Petersburg Campus

February 11 - 12, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
Michael Foreman
(STS-123, STS-129)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

February 13 - 16, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
Woody Spring
(STS-61B)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

February 13 - 15, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

9:15am -
Michael Foreman
(STS-123, STS-129)

Fly With An Astronaut Experience
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

February 13, 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

February 14, 2026
St Paul, Minnesota

1:00pm -
Robert Cabana
(STS-41, STS-53, STS-65, STS-88)

Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Astronaut Scholar Award Presentation
Bell Museum, University of Minnesota

February 14, 2026
Houston, Texas

8:30am -
Bill McArthur
(STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-7, ISS-12)

Breakfast with an Astronaut
The Food Lab, Space Center Houston

February 14, 2026
Houston, Texas

11:30am -
Bill McArthur
(STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-7, ISS-12)

1:20pm -
Bill McArthur
(STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-7, ISS-12)

Astronaut Mission Memories
Space Center Theater, Space Center Houston

February 17 - 20, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
Brian Duffy
(STS-45, STS-57, STS-72, STS-92)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

February 20, 2026
San Diego, California

5:30pm -
Matthew Dominick
(SpaceX Crew-8, ISS 70/71)

USD Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering presentation: "From Torero to the Stars"
Theatre, Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego

February 20, 2026
Grand Rapids, Michigan

6:30pm -
Jeanette Epps
(SpaceX Crew-8, ISS 70/71)

Roger That! Conference: A Celebration of Space Exploration in Honor of Roger B. Chaffee
Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center, Grand Valley State University

February 20, 2026
Houston, Texas

11:30am -
Kevin Ford
(STS-128, Soyuz TMA-06M, ISS 33/34)

1:20pm -
Kevin Ford
(STS-128, Soyuz TMA-06M, ISS 33/34)

Astronaut Mission Memories
Space Center Theater, Space Center Houston

February 21 - 24, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
Bonnie Dunbar
(STS-61A, STS-32, STS-50, STS-71, STS-89)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

February 21, 2026
Grand Rapids, Michigan

11:00am -
Jeanette Epps
(SpaceX Crew-8, ISS 70/71)

Roger That! Conference: A Celebration of Space Exploration in Honor of Roger B. Chaffee
Grand Rapids Public Museum

February 21, 2026
Las Vegas, Nevada

6:00pm -
Yvonne Cagle
(NASA astronaut)

Sisters of the Skies 8th Annual Scholarship Gala
Rio Hotel & Casino

February 21, 2026
Houston, Texas

8:30am -
Carl Walz
(STS-51, STS-65, STS-79, STS-108, ISS-4)

Breakfast with an Astronaut
The Food Lab, Space Center Houston

February 21, 2026
Houston, Texas

11:30am -
Carl Walz
(STS-51, STS-65, STS-79, STS-108, ISS-4)

1:20pm -
Carl Walz
(STS-51, STS-65, STS-79, STS-108, ISS-4)

Astronaut Mission Memories
Space Center Theater, Space Center Houston

February 21, 2026
Torshavn, Norway

7:30pm -
Jannicke Mikkelsen
(Fram2)

Lecture: "Seeing the World with New Eyes"
Nordic House

February 22, 2026
Cartersville, Georgia

10:00am -
Nicole Stott
(STS-128, ISS 20/21, STS-133)

Science in Space in partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Tellus Science Museum

February 24, 2026
Oslo, Norway

12:00pm -
Jannicke Mikkelsen
(Fram2)

Original Talks: Norway's First Astronaut Returns From Space
Chateau Neuf

February 25 - 28, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -
Joan Higginbotham
(STS-116)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

February 25, 2026
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

1:30pm -
Dave Williams
(STS-90, STS-118)

2:15pm -
Robert Thirsk
(STS-78, Soyuz TMA-15, ISS 20/21)

Business and Higher Education Roundtable (BHER) Executive Summit
The Globe and Mail Centre

February 26, 2026
Kansas City, Missouri

7:00pm -
Eileen Collins
(STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114)

Talk: "Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars"
Linda Hall Library

February 27 - 28, 2026
Houston, Texas

11:30am -
Thomas Jones
(STS-59, STS-68, STS-80, STS-98)

1:20pm -
Thomas Jones
(STS-59, STS-68, STS-80, STS-98)

Astronaut Mission Memories
Space Center Theater, Space Center Houston

February 28, 2026
Houston, Texas

8:30am -
Thomas Jones
(STS-59, STS-68, STS-80, STS-98)

Breakfast with an Astronaut
The Food Lab, Space Center Houston

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Recent Sightings
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LEFT: Bill McArthur with Jacques van Oene, Feb. 2, 2026, KSC, FL (CREDIT: Bill McArthur); RIGHT: Jan Davis with Mark Pattison, Jan. 20, 2026, KSC, FL (CREDIT: Mark Pattison);

LEFT: Carl Walz, Sergei Krikalev, Bill Shepherd and Yuri Gidzenko, Jan. 19, 2026, Houston, TX (CREDIT: Liz Warren); RIGHT: Tim Peake with Simon Goddard, Dec. 14, 2025, London, UK (CREDIT: Simon Goddard);

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);