9am EST Bruce Waggoner, Mission Assurance Manager at NASA Jet Propulsion Lab/Caltech (Zoom)

Title: Saving Voyager 1

10am EST Shayla Redmond, STEM educator, mechanical engineer, app developer, and NASA Solar System Ambassador (Zoom)

Title: Astronomical Observations- Bridging Knowledge Through Storytelling, Education, and Innovation

11am EST Ashley Yeager, Associate Editor at Science News (Zoom)

Title: What is the Value of Space Journalism?

12pm EST Break for Lunch

12:30pm EST Andy Calloway, Flight Operations Manager for Dragonfly and experienced Mission Operations Manager for space missions, including OSIRIS-REx and MESSENGER (Zoom)

Title: To Bennu and Back

1:30pm EST Joni Greene, composer (Zoom)

Title: Sounds of the Cosmos: Musical Inspiration Through Astrophysics Using Synesthesia

2:30pm EST - Barbara Brennan, exhibition designer for the National Air and Space Museum (ret.) (Zoom)

Title: UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION DESIGN

4pm-5:30pm EST - In-person events at GVSU's Pew Campus, DeVos Center

4:00pm EST - Workshop event #1: (in-person at GVSU's Pew Campus, DeVos Center, all ages)

Title: Acoustics- Sounds Like Fun!

4:00pm EST - Workshop event #2: Padnos College of Engineering Outreach, GVSU (in-person at GVSU's Pew Campus, DeVos Center, kids under 10 will need an adult partner to help with construction )

Title: Mission: Satellite Launch

4:00pm EST - Live panel discussion on communicating scientific ideas through visual arts (in-person at GVSU's Pew Campus, DeVos Center's Loosemore Auditorium)

Title: "Drawing Connections: How Art Makes Science Come Alive"

5:30 pm EST – Reception and Viewing of Design That! Design Challenge Entries (in-person at GVSU's Pew Campus, DeVos Center)

6:30pm EST – Astronaut John Herrington, PhD. (ret.) (in-person at the Loosemore Auditorium, GVSU Pew Campus, DeVos Center, also via Zoom)

Title: Living Your Dreams

11am EST "Living Your Dreams" presented by guest speaker and retired astronaut John Herrington, PhD. (11:00 a.m. - Tickets and more information at grpm.org)

10am - 5:00 pm EST 

• Learn from student-submitted projects designing solutions for the future of space exploration.
• Watch astronomy shows in the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium.
• See museum artifacts related to space, space travel, and Roger B. Chaffee.
• Enjoy many other family-friendly activities related to space, including (subject to change):
  • Enjoy many other family-friendly activities related to space, including (subject to change):
    • Build Stations - Create at a variety of build and activity stations throughout the museum.
    • Astronaut Training Mission- Earn a prize for completing an Astronaut Training Mission as you engage in different training activities around the museum.
    • Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association View objects through telescopes and learn more about stargazing.
    • NASA- Meet a NASA scientist and learn about the science that goes into space exploration.
    • GVSU Physics Department showcase - students from the physics department will do hands-on activities.
    • Art Vendors- Be inspired by celestial art created by local artists.
    • Activity Stations and Displays- Engage in many more activities and demonstrations as you interact with our community STEAM partners and organizations.
• Partners include: Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Center, Bricks & Minifigs Grand Rapids, Enigma Robotics, Girl Scouts Shore to Shore, Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association, Grand Rapids Children's Museum, GVSU CCEL (CLAS Center for Experiential Learning), Michigan Geological Survey/CoreKids K-12 Outreach Program, NASA, Paradise Teams, STEM Greenhouse, Studio Hromi LLC, Van Andel Institute for Education, White Feather Studio, Wimmee