OXFORD, MARYLAND — Oxford Community Center lists “Aerospace Talk” for Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 200 Oxford Road. Admission is $10.

The center’s event page frames the evening around 100 years of aerospace engineering and names Professor Terry J. Hart as the speaker. It says he will cover progress from the Wright brothers through lunar landings, deep-space probes, Mars rovers, and commercial successes such as Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, along with personal stories from his aviation and spaceflight career.

That page identifies Hart as a former NASA astronaut, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, and telecommunications executive who joined Lehigh University’s faculty in 2004. It says he flew on STS-41-C Challenger, NASA’s eleventh Space Shuttle mission, launched April 6, 1984; that the crew logged 168 hours in orbit; and that the astronauts were the first to repair a satellite from the shuttle. Hart, the page says, conducted the program’s first rendezvous with commander Bob Crippen and operated the Remote Manipulator System that retrieved the Solar Maximum Satellite for repairs. He also operated the IMAX camera for the feature “The Dream Is Alive” (1985).

Lehigh’s faculty profile for Hart corroborates the Challenger flight and his later teaching and research. The community center lists 410-226-5904 and weekday hours Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.