This year's KU Reads selection, “Orbital,” follows astronauts circling the Earth aboard the ISS, and in October, someone who actually lived that story comes home to KU. Join NASA astronaut and KU alumna Loral O'Hara for a public conversation on spaceflight, science, and perspective, alongside KU faculty and a graduate student. Free and open to all; livestream available on KU's Hall Center for Humanities Crowdcast channel. 

Thursday, October 8, 2026 | 7–8:30 p.m.  
Kansas Union Ballroom 
1301 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045 

Submit a question for consideration: https://kusurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1GGI1O0TIHHbRKS 

Hall Center Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/loral