PRESS RELEASE
The Museum offers an intimate evening reception and presentation with retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Cassidy on Jan. 18. The 377 Days Among the Stars lecture event will also feature a cash bar and access to the Museum’s acclaimed Home Beyond Earth exhibit (closing Jan. 26).
Cassidy’s extensive NASA experience includes three spaceflights on the International Space Station between 2009-2020, performing ten spacewalks, and serving as Commander for Expedition 63 on the ISS during his 377 days in space. He also has flown on the space shuttle and the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Before becoming an astronaut, Cassidy was a member of the U.S. Navy SEALs Team for eleven years.
Tickets are $25/General and $15/Museum Members. Doors open for the event at 6 p.m. The theater presentation will include live ASL interpretation. Tickets are available HERE.
Christopher J. Cassidy was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 2004 and is a veteran of three space flights, STS-127, Expedition 35, and Expedition 63. During STS-127, Cassidy served as a Mission Specialist and was the 500th person in history to fly into space. This mission delivered the Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) and the Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section (ELM-ES) to the station. For Expedition 35, Cassidy and the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano had their unplanned spacewalk to replace a pump controller box cut short when Parmitano had a cooling water leak into his helmet.
Cassidy, a U.S. Navy SEAL, has been deployed twice to the Mediterranean and twice to Afghanistan. He has been the recipient of Bronze Star with combat ‘V’ and Presidential Unit Citation for leading a nine-day operation at the Zharwar Kili Cave on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Cassidy served as Commander on the International Space Station for Expedition 63, and he was featured in the 2021 Disney+ documentary, Among the Stars.
Astronaut January
The Museum’s acclaimed Home Beyond Earth exhibit closes on January 26, and its final weeks boast three extraordinary events featuring astronauts sharing their own experiences of being at home beyond our planet. In addition to Chris Cassidy, other astronaut programs feature Cady Coleman (Jan. 11) and Nicole Stott (Jan. 25).
