Join us for an extraordinary opportunity to meet the author of the award winning book, Shot Down. Winner of 20 national book awards, SHOT DOWN is set within the framework of World War II in Europe and recounts the dramatic experiences of each member of a ten man B-17 bomber crew after their plane, piloted...
Presenters: John Jennings and Donn Anderson Planned for launch in October of 2024 onboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster, the Europa Clipper is an interplanetary spaceflight to the Galilean moon Europa. This spacecraft will perform follow-up studies to those made by the Galileo spacecraft during its 8 years orbiting Jupiter. Of specific interest is the...
New routes, new venue, and a new adventure. The Bike MS team is excited to announce Bike MS: Oregon is moving to McMinnville in 2023! Nestled in the heart of Oregon’s wine country and 40 miles outside of Portland, our new host town is a warm, inviting, friendly getaway destination. With all new routes, you’ll...
Watch the Oregon International Air Show featuring the Blue Angels from the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum! From September 29 - October 1, the Oregon International Air Show will be taking place across the highway from the Museum at the McMinnville Airport. Buy passes for our Air Show Watch Party to experience an amazing vantage...
Watch the Oregon International Air Show featuring the Blue Angels from the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum! From September 29 – October 1, the Oregon International Air Show will be taking place across the highway from the Museum at the McMinnville Airport. Buy passes for our Air Show Watch Party to experience an amazing vantage...
Watch the Oregon International Air Show featuring the Blue Angels from the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum! From September 29 - October 1, the Oregon International Air Show will be taking place across the highway from the Museum at the McMinnville Airport. Buy passes for our Air Show Watch Party to experience an amazing vantage...
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 to fly over China or Russia with crewed aircraft, but the Lockheed D-21—an uncrewed drone—was able to overfly these countries. Attend and learn about this...
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 years. Find out what causes this behavior and what affects it can have on living things. Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater Cost: Included with Admission
Presenters: John Jennings and Donn Anderson Landsat satellites have been showing us our Earth from space since Landsat 1 launched in 1972! Developed jointly by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Landsat collects data on the forests, farms, urban areas, and freshwater of our home planet generating the longest continuous record of its kind....
Presenter: Tuesday Docent In the 1960s, two great nations competed to “Put a man on the Moon.” Russia's N1 rocket was in development at the same time as the U.S. Saturn V, but theirs failed. Find out why. Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater Cost: Included with Admission
Are you ready to see our newest arrival, the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk? Join Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum for an all encompassing experience, featuring experts on the famous stealth fighter plane, and the chance to see the plane up-close for the first time. Tickets are $30, with half of each sale going directly to the...
Presenters: Donn Anderson and John Jennings The vast majority of asteroids have a variety of rocky compositions. But a few asteroids seem to be made primarily of something really amazing: METAL! The largest of these discovered so far is Psyche. Come find out why we are interested in this particular and peculiar type of asteroid!...
