RISING STARS of KANSAS--2025 Galaxy Forum
Saturday, August 23, 2025, 1300 - 1500
"Innovations in Rocketry, Astrochemistry and Astronaut Health"
This year's FREE Galaxy Forum at the Cosmosphere will feature winners of our 2025 Ad Astra Kansas Foundation Scholarship contest sharing their work and experiences in their areas of aeronautical engineering, astrochemistry and astronaut health.
Our speakers are graduate student Julian Yie Jian Chee of Wichita State University; Kai Smith, junior in biochemistry at the University of Kansas; and Lauren Coffman, a biomedical engineering student at Wichita State. More about our speakers at www.adastra-ks.org These outstanding Kansas college students are at the forefront of research, gaining experience through work with NASA and other private space companies.
The event is FREE, open to teachers, students and interested public. Talks will be tailored for a general audience and feature engaging presentations on their work and experience. This is a great event for anyone who wants to explore space. Attendees will also have FREE entry to the Cosmosphere's Hall of Space Museum.
Category: Community | Local / Community
This year's FREE Galaxy Forum at the Cosmosphere will feature winners of our 2025 Ad Astra Kansas Foundation Scholarship contest sharing their work and experiences in their areas of aeronautical engineering, astrochemistry and astronaut health.
Our speakers are graduate student Julian Yie Jian Chee of Wichita State University; Kai Smith, junior in biochemistry at the University of Kansas; and Lauren Coffman, a biomedical engineering student at Wichita State. More about our speakers at www.adastra-ks.org These outstanding Kansas college students are at the forefront of research, gaining experience through work with NASA and other private space companies.
The event is FREE, open to teachers, students and interested public. Talks will be tailored for a general audience and feature engaging presentations on their work and experience. This is a great event for anyone who wants to explore space. Attendees will also have FREE entry to the Cosmosphere's Hall of Space Museum.
Category: Community | Local / Community
Starting Price Per Person
Free
Other Information
Where
Cosmosphere
1100 North Plum Street
Hutchinson Kansas 67501
United States
( Museum - Historical )
1100 North Plum Street
Hutchinson Kansas 67501
United States
( Museum - Historical )
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