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May 14 - 23, 2008
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - John Fabian (STS-7, STS-51G)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


May 14, 2008
Eugene, Oregon

8:00am - Stanley Love (STS-122)

Flown banner presentation
Crest Drive Elementary School


May 14, 2008
Eugene, Oregon

2:00pm - Stanley Love (STS-122)

Student presentation
Kennedy Middle School


May 14, 2008
Houston, Texas

6:30pm - Leopold Eyharts (Soyuz TM-27, STS-122, ISS-16)
Yuri Malenchenko (Soyuz TM-19, STS-106, Soyuz TMA-2, ISS-7, Soyuz TMA-11, ISS-16)
Daniel Tani (STS-108, STS-120, ISS-16)
Peggy Whitson (STS-111, ISS-5, Soyuz TMA-11, ISS-16)

ISS Expedition 16 Crew Debrief
Space Center Houston


May 14, 2008
Arlington, Virginia

8:30am - Tom Henricks (STS-44, STS-55, STS-70, STS-78)

Inside Aerospace International Forum
Doubletree Hotel Crystal City


May 14, 2008
Brisbane, Australia

TBA - Andrew Thomas (STS-77, STS-89, Mir, STS-102, STS-114)

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Clunies Ross Award Presentation Dinner
[Venue TBA]


May 14, 2008
Toulouse, France

3:05pm - Jean-Jacques Favier (STS-78)
3:15pm - Jean-Jacques Favier (STS-78)
Jean-Pierre Haigneré (Soyuz TM-17, Soyuz TM-29)
Philippe Perrin (STS-111)

ESA astronaut recruitment presentation
Salle Altaïr, Cité de l'Espace


May 15, 2008
Kansas City, Missouri

1:10pm - Clayton Anderson (STS-117, ISS-15/16)

Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers first pitch and autograph session
Kauffman Stadium


May 15, 2008
Eugene, Oregon

10:00am - Stanley Love (STS-122)

Student presentation
Churchill High School


May 15, 2008
Heidelberg, Germany

7:30pm - Thomas Reiter (Soyuz TM-22, STS-121, ISS 13/14)
Hans Schlegel (STS-55, STS-122)

SpaceOps-Konferenz
Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg


May 16, 2008
Troy, New York

4:00pm - Charles Bolden (STS-61C, STS-31, STS-45, STS-60)

President's Commencement Colloquy: "Leadership for a Sustainable Global Society - Discovery, Innovation, and Citizenship"
Room 308, Darrin Communications Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute


May 16, 2008
Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Germany

7:00pm - Vasily Tsibliev (Soyuz TM-17, Soyuz TM-25)

Space Days: 30th Anniversary of the Intercosmos Program
Deutsche Raumfahrtausstellung


May 17, 2008
Tucson, Arizona

8:30am - Frank Borman (Gemini 7, Apollo 8)

Commencement
McKale Center, University of Arizona


May 17, 2008
Boise, Idaho

10:00am - Barbara Morgan (STS-118)

Commencement: Honorary Doctorate presentation
Taco Bell Arena, Boise State University


May 17, 2008
Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Germany

10:00am - Yuri Gidzenko (Soyuz TM-22, Soyuz TM-31, ISS-1, Soyuz TM-34)
11:30am - Gerhard Thiele (STS-99)
2:00pm - Sigmund Jähn (Soyuz 31)
Eberhard Köllner (former cosmonaut)
Vladimir Remek (Soyuz 28)
2:45pm - Thomas Reiter (Soyuz TM-22, STS-121, ISS 13/14)

Space Days: 30th Anniversary of the Intercosmos Program
Deutsche Raumfahrtausstellung


May 18, 2008
Northampton, Massachusetts

10:00am - Mae Jemison (STS-47)

Commencement (honorary degree)
Smith College


May 21, 2008
Hampton, Virginia

6:30pm - Roger Crouch (STS-83, STS-94)

Virginia Academy of Science and Virginia Junior Academy of Science meeting
Virginia Air and Space Center


May 24 - 31, 2008
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA - Charles "Sam" Gemar (STS-38, STS-48, STS-62)

Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex


May 25, 2008
Waterville, Maine

10:00am - Sunita Williams (STS-116, ISS-14/15)

Commencement
Miller Library Lawn, Colby College


May 28, 2008
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

TBA - Marc Garneau (STS-41G, STS-77, STS-97)

Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner
Granite Club


May 28, 2008
Częstochowa, Poland

TBA - Miroslaw Hermaszewski (Soyuz 30)

Public presentation
Akademia Jana Dlugosza w Czestochowie


May 29, 2008
Washington, DC

12:00pm - Gary Payton (STS-51C)

International Space Development Conference
Capital Hilton


May 30, 2008
Washington, DC

9:00am - Charles Precourt (STS-55, STS-71, STS-84, STS-91)

International Space Development Conference
Capital Hilton


May 30, 2008
Berlin, Germany

11:00am - Sigmund Jähn (Soyuz 31)
Thomas Reiter* (Soyuz TM-22, STS-121, ISS 13/14)
Gerhard Thiele* (STS-99)
* invited

Berlin Air Show: "30 Years of Manned Spaceflight in Germany"
Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport


May 31, 2008
Washington, DC

11:00am - Anousheh Ansari (Soyuz TMA-9)
Gregory Olsen (Soyuz TMA-7)
7:00pm - Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)

International Space Development Conference
Capital Hilton

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