POSTPONED - Space Expo at the New England Air Museum | Kids Out and About Hartford <

POSTPONED - Space Expo at the New England Air Museum


*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 04/04/2020
We're looking at options for anew date for this event.

Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.

Featuring Former Astronaut Susan Kilrain

Susan Kilrain (Commander, USN, Ret.) is a veteran of two space flights and one of only three women to ever pilot the Space Shuttle. A graduate of the Naval Test Pilot School, she has over 3,000 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft including the F-14 Tomcat. She holds a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a master's degree in aerospace engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. She retired from NASA in 2002 and the U.S. Navy in 2005.

Lectures: 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Public Meet and Greets: 10:15-10:45 a.m. & 2:30-3:30 p.m.

NEW! Visit the Cosmic Kids Zone:

  • Meet life-size droids and intergalactic characters
  • Try the indoor "Astronaut Obstacle Course"
  • Watch a planetarium show in an inflatable dome
  • Try on a space helmet
  • Build and launch a straw rocket
  • Make a marshmallow constellation
  • Create a lunar landscape painting
  • Design a space mission patch

Click HERE to see a full event schedule. Click HERE to download a full event schedule.

 

Special Guests Include:


*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.

Location:

36 Perimeter Road
Windsor Locks, CT, 06096
United States

Phone:

(860) 623-3305
Contact name: 
Information
Email address: 
The event has already taken place on this date: 
04/04/2020
Time: 
10 am - 4 pm
Price: 
All events and activities included with museum admission unless otherwise noted and are subject to change.

Ages

All Ages