Book Signing
Paper Astronaut: The Paper Spacecraft Mission Manual
author: Juliette Cezzar
Friday, July 03
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Christopher's Little Airplane
author: Mark James
Saturday, July 04
10:30 am to 5:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Book Signing
A Pilot's Journey
author: Christopher Curtis Robinson
Saturday, July 04
11:00 am to 4:30 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Training the Best
author: Charles Herbert Flowers, Jr.
Saturday, July 04
11:00 am to 4:30 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Hell Hawks
author: Robert F. Dorr
Saturday, July 04
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Concert
United States Air Force Band
"Max Impact"
Saturday, July 04
6:00 pm
Space Race - Gallery 114
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Air Force One
author: Robert F. Dorr
Sunday, July 05
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Ask an Expert
Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Home Away from Earth: The Lunar Module
Presenter: Dr. Bob Craddock
Wednesday, July 08
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Lunar Exploration Vehicles - Gallery 112
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Moon Plane by Peter McCarty
Thursday, July 09
11:00 am
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Rising Sun
author: Jerome Beser
Friday, July 10
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Moon Plane by Peter McCarty
Friday, July 10
11:00 am
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Moon Plane by Peter McCarty
Saturday, July 11
11:00 am
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
A Pilot's Journey
author: Christopher Curtis Robinson
Saturday, July 11
11:00 am to 4:30 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Training the Best
author: Charles Herbert Flowers Jr.
Saturday, July 11
11:00 am to 4:30 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
Craig Nelson
Saturday, July 11
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Moon Plane by Peter McCarty
Saturday, July 11
1:30 pm
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Hell Hawks
author: Robert F. Dorr
Sunday, July 12
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Book Signing
Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
Craig Nelson
Sunday, July 12
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
National Mall Building

Ask an Expert
Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia
Presenter: Allan A. Needell
Wednesday, July 15
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Milestones of Flight - Gallery 100
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Opening
Alan Bean: Painting Apollo, First Artist On Another World
Thursday, July 16
10:00 am
Gallery 211 - Flight in the Arts
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Family Day
Countdown to the Moon Day!
Thursday, July 16
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Throughout the National Mall building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Alan Bean: Painting Apollo, First Artist On Another World
author, Alan Bean
Thursday, July 16
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Gallery 211 - Flight in the Arts
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Andrew Chaikin and Alan Bean
Mission Control, This is Apollo
Thursday, July 16
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
National Mall Building

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca
Thursday, July 16
11:00 am
Looking at Earth - Gallery 110
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Ask an Expert
What does all this Photography Show? The AIL 1540 Light table and the IDEX II work Station
Presenter: James David
Thursday, July 16
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" — Stories for Children
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca
Thursday, July 16
1:30 pm
Looking at Earth - Gallery 110
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Moon Plane by Peter McCarty
Friday, July 17
11:00 am
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Moon Plane by Peter McCarty
Saturday, July 18
11:00 am
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Spacesuits: Within the Collections of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
author, Amanda Young and photographer, Mark Avino
Saturday, July 18
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
Moon Plane by Peter McCarty
Saturday, July 18
1:30 pm
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Faces of the Moon
author: Bob Crelin
Saturday, July 18
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

DVD Signing
Alan Bean Artist Astronaut
Filmmaker Jeffrey Roth will be signing his DVD, "Alan Bean Artist Astronaut"
Saturday, July 18
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Apollo Astronauts: Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Alan Bean
Sunday, July 19
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Space Race - Gallery 114
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
We Came in Peace for All Mankind: The Untold Story of the Apollo 11 Silicon Disc
Tahir Rahman
Sunday, July 19
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book Signing
Air Force One
author: Robert F. Dorr
Sunday, July 19
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Book Signing
We Came in Peace for All Mankind
author: Tahir Rahman
Sunday, July 19
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

DVD Signing
Alan Bean Artist Astronaut
by Jeffrey Roth
Sunday, July 19
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

This event is sold out
Annual John H. Glenn Lecture
40th Anniversary of Apollo 11
Sunday, July 19
8:00 pm
Lockheed Martin Imax Theater
National Mall Building
Admission: Free tickets distributed by drawing. See ticketing instructions below.

Book Signing
Smithsonian Atlas of Space Exploration
Roger Launius and Andrew Johnston
Monday, July 20
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
National Mall Building

Book Signing
Hell Hawks
author: Robert F. Dorr
Monday, July 20
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Shadow Puppet Workshop
Tuesday, July 21
10:15 am
Welcome Center - Gallery 108
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Ask an Expert
Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Von Braun’s Giant: The Saturn V
Presenter: Michael Neufeld
Wednesday, July 22
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" — Stories for Children
The Sun is My Favorite Star
Thursday, July 23
11:00 am
Exploring The Planets - Gallery 207
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Ask an Expert
Medevac in Korea: The Sikorsky HO5S-1
Presenter: Roger Connor
Thursday, July 23
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" — Stories for Children
Special Guest Storyteller, Judith Gravitz
Friday, July 24
11:00 am
America by Air - Gallery 102
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
The Sun is My Favorite Star by Frank Asch
Saturday, July 25
11:00 am
Exploring The Planets - Gallery 207
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
A Pilot's Journey
author: Christopher Curtis Robinson
Saturday, July 25
11:00 am to 4:30 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Book Signing
Training the Best
author: Charles Herbert Flowers Jr.
Saturday, July 25
11:00 am to 4:30 pm
Gallery 101 - Museum Shop
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Planetarium Show
One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure
Saturday, July 25
11:30 am
Albert Einstein Planetarium
National Mall Building
Admission: Free, Tickets Required

Book Signing
Air Force One
author: Robert F. Dorr
Saturday, July 25
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" -- Stories for Children
The Sun is My Favorite Star by Frank Asch
Saturday, July 25
1:30 pm
Exploring The Planets - Gallery 207
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Saturday Star Party
Star Parties at Sky Meadows State Park
Saturday, July 25
8:30 pm to 11:00 pm
Sky Meadows State Park, near Paris, Virginia

Book Signing
Stealth Down
author: Ross Simpson
Sunday, July 26
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Book Signing
Hell Hawks
author: Robert F. Dorr
Sunday, July 26
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Ask an Expert
Louis Bleriot and the First Flight Across the English Channel
Presenter: Tom Crouch
Wednesday, July 29
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Early Flight - Gallery 107
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" — Stories for Children
Cows Can't Fly by David Milgrim
Thursday, July 30
11:00 am
Looking at Earth - Gallery 110
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Story Time
"Flights of Fancy" — Stories for Children
Cows Can't Fly by David Milgrim
Friday, July 31
11:00 am
Looking at Earth - Gallery 110
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

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