National Space Day began in 1997, when aerospace company Lockheed Martin held a special day with events to encourage students to pursue a career in the aerospace industry! In 2001, U.S. Senator and Former Astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, declared that International Space Day will take place on the first Friday of May each year.
This year, Space Center Houston is celebrating Space Day with a special presentation and booths from local educational and space industry organizations.
Nimbus Aerospace
Nimbus Aerospace is an investor-backed aerospace company building next‑generation hybrid electric business aircraft through advanced manufacturing and in‑house, AI-based certification software. Nimbus Aerospace is advised by leaders from SpaceX, Boeing, and the Federal Aviation Administration. It is led by a multidisciplinary team of engineers and operators with experience at organizations including Raytheon, Bombardier, and Microsoft. The company has also collaborated with Google, STATION F, and other partners. Featured in Forbes, GeekWire, Aviation International News, etc.
Lunar Outpost
Lunar Outpost is redefining our relationship with the Moon by building the robotic infrastructure for future exploration and commerce. Our mission: make the Moon accessible, sustainable, and open for innovation.
Intuitive Machines
Intuitive Machines is building the infrastructure for your boldest missions and the next era of space operations. Our foundation is proven and built for scale, resilience, and mission continuity, extending across LEO, GEO, lunar, interplanetary, and deep space. That’s why commercial leaders and government organizations, such as NASA rely, on Intuitive Machines to sustain continuous mission operations and extend their space capabilities further and faster.
Special Presentation:
McKenna Taylor, 2024 Astronaut Scholar
Mission Briefing Center at 2:30pm
McKenna Taylor is a graduate student pursuing a Master’s degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology, and has completed two Bachelor’s degrees in Astronomy & Astrophysics and Astrobiology. She is a 2024 Astronaut Scholar with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation and conducts research focused on the use of bacteria derived from cultures taken from the International Space Station to determine their potential use for plant growth-promotion in simulated microgravity.
Check back soon to see what career possibilities lie beyond the stars!
