Upcoming appearances:
My dance book for 2025 is filling up rapidly! Here’s what’s on tap. I hope you’ll be able to join me at one or more events.
Cruises on which I will be the Resident Astronomer:
- Jan 4 – 11: Celebrity Equinox, Port Canaveral round trip, sailing to Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and St. Kitts
- Jan 20 – Feb 4: Viking Saturn, Barcelona round trip, “Malta, Morocco, and the Mediterranean”
- Feb 8 – 15: Celebrity Apex, Fort Lauderdale round trip, sailing to St. Kitts, Tortola, and Dominican Republic
- Feb 22 – Mar 1: Celebrity Apex, Fort Lauderdale round trip, sailing to St. Kitts, Tortola, and Dominican Republic
- Mar 6 – Mar 22: Silversea Silver Muse, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Japan
- May 16 – May 23: Queen Mary 2, Southampton to New York
- Jun 19 – 26: Atlas World Traveller, Reykjavik round trip
- Jul 30 – Aug 8: Atlas World Traveller, Stockholm, Tallinn, Helsinki, Riga, Liepaja, Baltiysk, Bornholm, Binz, Copenhagen
- Aug 8 – Aug 17: Atlas World Traveller, Copenhagen, Skagen, Stavanger, Bergen, Flåm, Gudvangen, Geiranger, Kristiansund, Lofoten, Tromsø
- Aug 29 – Sep 12: Atlas World Voyager, Reykjavik, Heimaey, Djúpivogur, Bantry Bay, Stornoway, Isle of Man, Ireland circumnavigation, Dublin
- Sep 20 – Oct 1: Atlas World Voyager, Dublin, Isle of Man, Belfast, Glasgow, Invergordon, Helsingborg, Tilbury, Amsterdam
- Oct 1 – Oct 11: Atlas World Voyager, Amsterdam, Dover, Rouen, Honfleur, Cherbourg, Saint-Malo, Tresco, Fishguard, Dublin
- Oct 18 – Nov 1: Carnival Radiance, Los Angeles round trip via Kauai, Maui, Hilo, Honolulu, Ensenada
- Nov 30 – Dec 14: Carnival Venezia, Port Canaveral round trip via St. Thomas, Antigua, St. Lucia, Grenada, Barbados, St. Maarten, Tortola, Puerto Rico
Speaking engagements, book signings, and other appearances:
Jun 27 – Jun 29, 2025: Spacefest reunion, Starr Pass Marriott, Tucson, AZMarch 17 – April 21, 2024: Viking Resident Astronomer aboard Viking Jupiter for Southern Atlantic Crossing, Iconic Western Mediterranean, and Italian Sojourn cruises (Buenos Aires to Barcelona, Rome, Venice, etc.)
Mar 27 – 29, 2025: Women in Aviation International conference, Gaylord Rockies Resort, Denver – book signings with Eileen Collins
Apr 5 – 6, 2025: NEAF (Northeast Astronomy Forum) Expo, Suffern, NY – presentations and book signing with Eileen Collins
Apr 11 – 13, 2025: ShuttleFest IV, Titusville, FL – panel discussions and book signing with Eileen Collins
Past Events
May 14, 2024: Online presentation to Shepherd’s Center of St. Andrews (Columbia, SC), “The Vanishing Cosmonaut and Other Mysteries of the Soviet Space Program.”
May 15, 2024: Live presentation to O. Henry Women’s Club (Greensboro, NC), “Eileen Collins: The First American Woman to Pilot and Command a Space Mission.”
May 23-30, 2024: Speaker and astronomer aboard Cunard Queen Mary 2. (New York to Southhampton)
November 9 – December 3, 2024: Speaker and astronomer aboard Oceania Nautica. (Caribbean and Amazonia, Miami to Miami)
December 22, 2024 – January 13, 2025: Speaker and astronomer aboard Silversea Silver Dawn. (Singapore to Tokyo)
Selected recent appearances:
February 28, 2024: Stay Curious podcast, American Space Museum, Titusville, Florida.
January 15 – February 5, 2024: Lecturer and astronomer aboard the Silversea Silver Shadow for World Cruise segment 1, San Francisco to Fiji.
November 7-22, 2023: Lecturer and astronomer aboard the Silversea Silver Muse (Singapore to Cairns).
September 5-18, 2023: Lecturer and astronomer aboard the Cunard Queen Elizabeth (Ft. Lauderdale to Barcelona).
June 10, 2023: WonderFest USA, Louisville Crowne Plaza Hotel, Louisville, KY. Panel discussion and special screening of T-Minus.
May 1-29, 2023: as Viking Resident Astronomer on the Viking Homelands and Viking Shores & Fjords cruises, Viking Jupiter.
April 15-16, 2023: Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF), with Eileen Collins, Suffern, NY.
March 25, 2023: Tulsa Air and Space Museum, with Eileen Collins. 5K fun run, talks, and book signing.
September 20 – October 13, 2022: as Viking Resident Astronomer aboard the Viking Orion (Vancouver to Honolulu via Alaska).
September 2, 2022: with Eileen Collins at National Air & Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center, talk and book signing.
July 27-28, 2022: EAA Oshkosh, book signings with Eileen Collins.
April 28 – May 12, 2022: As Viking Resident Astronomer aboard Viking Jupiter (Viking Shores and Fjords cruises).
January 29, 2022: Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center, book signing with Eileen Collins and Mike Leinbach.
November 14, 2021 – January 8, 2022: As Viking Resident Astronomer aboard Viking Jupiter, South Atlantic Crossing and Chilean Fjords cruises.
February 20, 2019 – Navy League Dinner, Poinsett Club, Greenville, South Carolina, with Mike Leinbach.
February 21, 2019 – US Naval Academy Palmetto Chapter lunch, Commerce Club, Greenville, South Carolina, with Mike Leinbach.
February 21, 2019 – Greenville Astronomy Club, Roper Mountain Science Center, 402 Roper Mountain Road, Greenville, South Carolina, at 7:30 p.m., with Mike Leinbach.
February 22, 2019 – Military Lecture Series, Poinsett Club, Greenville, South Carolina, with Mike Leinbach.
April 9, 2019 – Fountain Bookstore, 1312 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia, with Kathryn Schwille (author of What Luck, This Life).
August 8-10, 2019 – Spacefest X, Starr Pass Resort, Tucson, Arizona.
October 13, 2018 – “Fall for the Book Festival,” George Mason University, with Mike Leinbach. Recording of presentation is available on C-SPAN at https://www.c-span.org/video/?452900-2/discussion-recovering-columbia-space-shuttle
October 10, 2018 – “Spaced Out in Tucson,” Forsyth Astronomical Society, at the Kaleideum auditorium, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 7:00 p.m.
September 29, 2018 – Meet the author, Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, North Carolina, with Kathryn Schwille, author of What Luck, This Life.
August 13, 2018 – “Leadership During Chaos and Shock: Lessons from the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster,” Triad Coaching Connection, Greensboro, North Carolina.
July 20, 2018 – “A Night on Kitt Peak,” Greensboro Astronomy Club, Greensboro Science Center planetarium, Greensboro, North Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
July 6, 2018 – “Bringing Columbia Home: A Story of American Courage, Compassion, and Commitment,” Spacefest IX (with Mike Leinbach), Tucson, Arizona.
June 12, 2018 – “Bringing Columbia Home: A Story of American Courage, Compassion, and Commitment,” Chapel Hill Observational and Astronomical Society, North Carolina.
April 28, 2018 – “Bringing Columbia Home: A Story of American Courage, Compassion, and Commitment,” Infinity Science Center, Pearlington, Mississippi.
April 22, 2018 – “Bringing Columbia Home: A Story of American Courage, Compassion, and Commitment,” Buehler Challenger & Science Center (with Mike Leinbach), Paramus, New Jersey.
April 21, 2018 – “Bringing Columbia Home: A Story of American Courage, Compassion, and Commitment,” Northeast Astronomy Forum (with Mike Leinbach), Suffern, New York.
February 15, 2018 – “Bringing Columbia Home: A Story of American Courage, Compassion, and Commitment,” The Great Outdoors (with Mike Leinbach), Titusville, Florida.
February 15, 2018 – “Bringing Columbia Home: A Story of American Courage, Compassion, and Commitment,” Kennedy Space Center Operations Support Building (with Mike Leinbach), Florida.
February 3, 2018 – “Bringing Columbia Home: A Story of American Courage, Compassion, and Commitment,” Space Exploration Educators Conference (with Mike Leinbach), Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.
January 26, 2018 – “Columbia: Lessons and Legends of Recovery,” Apollo-Challenger-Columbia Lessons Learned Program (with Mike Leinbach), Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
January 16, 2018 – Discussion of the national impact of the Columbia recovery operations, George W. Bush Presidential Center (with Mike Leinbach), Dallas, Texas
November 3, 2017 – “Columbia Recovery and Reconstruction,” Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (with Mike Leinbach), Cocoa Beach, Florida
August 3, 2017 – “Cassini’s Grand Finale: A Daring End to a Glorious Mission,” Astronomy Club of Asheville (NC) at the Reuter Center, UNC Asheville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
June 16, 2017 – “Zero G and I Feel Fine!” Greensboro Astronomy Cub, Greensboro (NC) Science Center, at 7:30 pm.
June 10, 2017 – “Farewell, Columbia: The Loss and Legacy of America’s First Space Shuttle,” Spacefest VIII, Tucson, AZ, 9:45 am.
June 1, 2017 – “Eating in Space,” at the Science of Eats evening, Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC.