Upcoming Events

Storytellers Series: Drones – Magic vs. Not!

Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Descriptions & illustrations of early US drones, what makes unmanned aerial vehicles different than airplanes, illustrations of how they have been used, some descriptions of their onboard sensors, and associations with the museum’s exhibits.

Storytellers Series: Orbital Space Junk

Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Presenter: Bill Carton Launched in 1958, America's second satellite Vanguard 1 is the oldest known debris still on orbit. Recent estimates are that as many as one hundred million pieces...

Storytellers Series: What’s Happening Today in Space

Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Presenter: Bill Carton Current Space Activity: Countries as well as private companies are now heavily involved in space - with crewed spacecraft and private satellites. Including: Robots on other planets...

Storytellers Series: Vietnam War Aircraft – How They Were Used Part I

Aviation Museum 500 NE Captain MIchael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR, United States

Presenter: John Bronson Descriptions & illustrations of what led to the Vietnam War, what the US was attempting to accomplish with its aircraft, illustration of the types of missions assigned to...

Storytellers Series: The Submarine Hunters – Protecting the U.S.

Aviation Museum 500 NE Captain MIchael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR, United States

Presenter: John Bronson Descriptions & illustrations of the museum’s sole exhibit on Maritime Air Patrol / Anti-Submarine Warfare aircraft is highlighted.  Specifically described are the development of the defenses against...

Storytellers Series: Commercial Space Tourism

Presenter: Bill Carton Starting slowly in 2001, orbital space tourism now has 17 flown participants, with dozens on the waiting lists. Suborbital or very high altitude balloon missions have flown...

Storytellers Series: The Lockheed D-21 Drone Program

Presenter: Gary Sohn Next to the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb, this was once the second most important United States defense security program. The U.S. was not allowed...

Storytellers Series: Our Wandering North Pole

Presenter: Gary Sohn The geographic North Pole is a fixed graphic point, but the magnetic north pole has been wandering about the northern part of our globe for millions of...