Space Day brings hands-on activities and guest appearances to EAA Aviation Museum on October 24

EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (October 15, 2026) — Families throughout the Fox Cities can embrace their inner astronaut on Saturday, October 24, as the EAA Aviation Museum’s annual Space Day presents unique displays and highlights from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All activities are free with museum admission.

Space Day activities will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and include:

• Straw Rockets: Design and launch a straw rocket powered by you.
• Misson Patch Contest: Design a mission patch for this year's Space Day theme: Rockets. The winning design will be turned into a sticker and given out at next year’s Space Day!
• Lunar Landing: Engineer a lunar lander that can touch down safely with its marshmallow cargo intact.
• Space Capsules: Climb inside a full-scale replica of the Mercury and Gemini space capsules.
• Portable Planetarium: Journey through the cosmos in an immersive planetarium experience presented by the Barlow Planetarium. Each show is approximately 30 minutes long, with five presentations offered throughout the day

At 4 p.m. in the EAA Conference Center, Fred Haise, the last surviving member of the Apollo 13 crew, will join virtually for a presentation on his storied career. Haise served as a lunar module pilot on the mission which saw an aborted landing on the moon due to an oxygen tank explosion. Haise is also a retired fighter pilot, aeronautical engineer, NASA research pilot and astronaut, Apollo 8 and 11 backup lunar module pilot, and Apollo 16 backup commander. He also served as the technical assistant on the design and development of the space shuttle orbiter Enterprise.

Space Day is sponsored by Alro Steel, Capital Credit Union, Cozumel, Kwik Trip, Community First Credit Union, Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists, Pilotsmith, Sargento, and The Taqueria. More information on the day’s activities can be found at EAA.org/SpaceDay.