EAA Space Day

October 25, 2025 | 10 a.m - 5 p.m.

Get ready for takeoff and bring out your inner astronaut on Saturday, October 25, 2025, when the EAA Aviation Museum’s annual Space Day returns to Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Kids and adults of all ages are invited to join us as we celebrate Space Day 2025 with interactive exhibits and special guest appearances. Space Day activities are free with museum admission. Lunch concessions will be available for purchase between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Activities | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Cup Rockets: Create a mini rocket to launch using cups and rubber bands.

Misson Patch Contest: Design a mission patch for this year's Space Day theme: Fabric of Space. The winning design will be turned into a sticker and passed out at next year’s Space Day!

Lunar Landing: Design a lunar module to touchdown on the targeted landing site.

Space Capsules: Climb inside a full-scale replica of the Mercury and Gemini space capsules.

Mars Rover: Design a hovering rover to explore the surface of Mars. Warning: This activity uses latex balloons.

Dr. Ken Kremer: Eyewitness to NASA Human & Robotic Explorers. Skyscape Theater | 3 – 4 p.m.

And more!

Space Day Speaker | 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Jean Wright will tell the unknown story of how her childhood dream became reality when she was accepted into the elite NASA team of “Sew Sister” seamstresses. As part of this team, she sewed flight hardware as a NASA aerospace composite tech for NASA’s Space Shuttle program at the Kennedy Space Center for the thermal protection systems (TPS) that helped protect the astronauts lives from deadly radiation and scorching Earth reentry heats, and bring them home safely. Jean is now the subject of an award-winning new book Sew Sister: The Untold Story of Jean Wright and NASA’s Seamstresses by Elise Matich — which is available for sale and book signing during Space Day.

Jean Wright was a NASA aerospace composite tech for United Space Alliance — the prime contractor for NASA’s Space Shuttle Processing. As one of 18 women in this critical role, she and her coworkers, who dubbed their group “The Sew Sisters,” were responsible for fabrication, assembly, disassembly, installation, and repair of thermal protection system (TPS) hardware and blankets to protect the shuttle and the astronauts lives from deadly/perilous reentry heats and radiation. This involved using detailed measurements, heavy-duty industrial sewing machines, and intricate and physically demanding hand stitching which covered many areas of the shuttle orbiter.