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April 12 - 15, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -

Robert Thirsk

(STS-78, Soyuz TMA-15, ISS 20/21)


Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

April 12, 2026
Suffern, New York

2:45pm -

Anna Fisher

(STS-51A)


Northeast Astronomy Forum & Expo
Rockland Community College

April 12, 2026
Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)

7:00pm -

Helen Sharman

(Soyuz TM-12)


April 13, 2026
Colorado Springs, Colorado

1:20pm -

George Nield

(Blue Origin NS-20)


April 13, 2026
Colorado Springs, Colorado

1:55pm -

John Grunsfeld

(STS-67, STS-81, STS-103, STS-109, STS-125)


April 14, 2026
Las Cruces, New Mexico

4:00pm -

Jose Hernandez

(STS-128)


1888 Leadership Series
Auditorium, Corbett Center Student Union, New Mexico State University

April 15, 2026
Nashville, Tennessee

9:15am -

Michael Massimino

(STS-109, STS-125)


April 15, 2026
Sandy Bay, Tasmania (Australia)

5:15pm -

Katherine Bennell-Pegg

(Australian Space Agency astronaut)


April 15, 2026
Sandy Bay, Tasmania (Australia)

6:00pm -

Katherine Bennell-Pegg

(Australian Space Agency astronaut)


Island of Ideas Public Lecture Series
Stanley Burbury Theatre, University Centre, University of Tasmania

April 15, 2026
Montréal, Quebec (Canada)

12:00pm -

Chris Hadfield

(STS-74, STS-100, Soyuz TMA-07M, ISS 34/35)


Montréal Wood Convention luncheon keynote
Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth

April 16 - 19, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -

John-David Bartoe

(STS-51F)


Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

April 16 - 17, 2026
Raleigh, North Carolina

TBA -

Nicole Stott

(STS-128, ISS 20/21, STS-133)


ABET Symposium: Keynote presentation
Raleigh Convention Center

April 16, 2026
Gaithersburg, Maryland

TBA -

Leland Melvin

(STS-122, STS-129)


April 16, 2026
Cambridge, England (United Kingdom)

1:30pm -

Michael Coats

(STS-41D, STS-29, STS-39)


April 17, 2026
Des Moines, Iowa

7:00pm -

Susan Kilrain

(STS-83, STS-94)


Girls in Science: Astronaut Event
Science Center of Iowa

April 17, 2026
Houston, Texas

8:30am -

Rick Hieb

(STS-39, STS-49, STS-65)


Breakfast with an Astronaut
The Food Lab, Space Center Houston

April 17, 2026
Houston, Texas

11:30am -

Rick Hieb

(STS-39, STS-49, STS-65)

1:20pm -

Rick Hieb

(STS-39, STS-49, STS-65)


Astronaut Mission Memories
Space Center Theater, Space Center Houston

April 17, 2026
Sandy Bay, Tasmania (Australia)

9:50am -

Katherine Bennell-Pegg

(Australian Space Agency astronaut)

10:05am -

Katherine Bennell-Pegg

(Australian Space Agency astronaut)


April 18, 2026
West Des Moines, Iowa

10:30am -

Susan Kilrain

(STS-83, STS-94)

1:30pm -

Susan Kilrain

(STS-83, STS-94)


Storytime! Des Moines
DMACC West Campus

April 18, 2026
Annapolis, Maryland

9:00am -

Kay Hire

(STS-90, STS-130)


Wendy Lawrence

(STS-67, STS-86, STS-91, STS-114)


Sunita Williams

(STS-116, ISS-14/15, Soyuz TMA-05M, ISS 32/33, Starliner CFT/Crew-9, ISS-71/72)


April 18, 2026
Arlington, Texas

6:00pm -

Christopher Cassidy

(STS-127, Soyuz TMA-08M, ISS 35/36, Soyuz MS-16, ISS 62/63)


April 18, 2026
El Paso, Texas

11:00am -

Jose Hernandez

(STS-128)


Public presentation
Room AST 150, Valle Verde Campus, El Paso Community College

April 18, 2026
Houston, Texas

8:30am -

Michael Foreman

(STS-123, STS-129)


Breakfast with an Astronaut
The Food Lab, Space Center Houston

April 18, 2026
Houston, Texas

11:30am -

Michael Foreman

(STS-123, STS-129)

1:20pm -

Michael Foreman

(STS-123, STS-129)


Astronaut Mission Memories
Space Center Theater, Space Center Houston

April 19, 2026
El Paso, Texas

4:30pm -

Jose Hernandez

(STS-128)


April 20 - 23, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -

Barbara Morgan

(STS-118)


Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

April 20, 2026
Boston, Massachusetts

10:00am -

Sunita Williams

(STS-116, ISS-14/15, Soyuz TMA-05M, ISS 32/33, Starliner CFT/Crew-9, ISS-71/72)


130th Boston Marathon (runner)
Hopkinton to Back Bay

April 21, 2026
Boston, Massachussetts

1:00pm -

Albert Sacco

(STS-73)


April 22, 2026
Los Angeles, California

TBA -

NASA astronaut

(TBA)


Astronaut Scholar Award Presentation
University of Southern California

April 22, 2026
Arlington, Massachusetts

TBA -

Eileen Collins

(STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114)


April 22, 2026
Cambridge, Massachussetts

4:30pm -

Albert Sacco

(STS-73)


Space Careers Panel
Kavli Institute, MIT

April 24 - 25, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -

Kenneth Cameron

(STS-37, STS-56, STS-74)


Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

April 24, 2026
New York, New York

TBA -

Pedro Duque

(STS-95, Soyuz TMA-3)


April 24, 2026
Houston, Texas

8:30am -

Kevin Ford

(STS-128, Soyuz TMA-06M, ISS 33/34)


Breakfast with an Astronaut
The Food Lab, Space Center Houston

April 24, 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

April 24, 2026
Houston, Texas

6:00pm -

Peggy Whitson

(STS-111, ISS-5, Soyuz TMA-11, ISS-16, Soyuz MS-03, ISS 50/51/52, Axiom-2, Axiom-4)


April 24, 2026
Hannover, Germany

10:15am -

Rabea Rogge

(Fram2)


April 25, 2026
Windsor Locks, Connecticut

10:00am -

Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger

(STS-131)

11:00am -

Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger

(STS-131)

1:00pm -

Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger

(STS-131)

2:00pm -

Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger

(STS-131)


April 25, 2026
Boston, Massachussetts

6:00pm -

Cady Coleman

(STS-73, STS-93, Soyuz TMA-20, ISS 26/27)


April 25, 2026
Houston, Texas

TBA -

Eileen Collins

(STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114)


April 25, 2026
Houston, Texas

8:30am -

Hans Schlegel

(STS-55, STS-122)


Breakfast with an Astronaut
The Food Lab, Space Center Houston

April 25, 2026
Houston, Texas

11:30am -

Hans Schlegel

(STS-55, STS-122)

1:20pm -

Hans Schlegel

(STS-55, STS-122)


Astronaut Mission Memories
Space Center Theater, Space Center Houston

April 26 - 29, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -

Michael Baker

(STS-43, STS-52, STS-68, STS-81)


Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

April 28, 2026
Fukuoka, Japan

4:30pm -

Kjell Lindgren

(Soyuz TMA-17M, ISS 44/45, SpaceX Crew-4, ISS 67/68)


Lecture for Space Engineering Students
Memorial Hall, Tobata Campus (Building No. 51), Kyushu Institute of Technology

April 28, 2026
Oslo, Norway

2:30pm -

Jannicke Mikkelsen

(Fram2)


April 29, 2026
Boulder, Colorado

TBA -

Eileen Collins

(STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114)


April 30, 2026
Oracle, Arizona

TBA -

Eiman Jahangir

(Blue Origin NS-26)


Analog Astronaut Conference (keynote)
Biosphere 2

April 30, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

TBA -

Kenneth Cameron

(STS-37, STS-56, STS-74)


Astronaut Encounter
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

April 30, 2026
Houston, Texas

2:05pm -

Michael Barratt

(Soyuz TMA-14, ISS-19/20, STS-133, SpaceX Crew-8, ISS 70/71)


Stephen Robinson

(STS-85, STS-95, STS-114, STS-130)



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