Lectures

Eugene Bullard, the first African American military pilot
Presenter: Dominick A. Pisano
Wednesday, February 10
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Legend, Memory and the Great War in the Air - Gallery 206
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

The Gemini VIII Thruster
Presenter: Margaret Weitekamp
Thursday, February 11
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Transferring V-2 Technology to America
Presenter: Michael Neufeld
Wednesday, February 17
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Space Race - Gallery 114
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

GRAB Electronics Intelligence Satellite
Presenter: James David
Wednesday, February 24
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Milestones of Flight - Gallery 100
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Oh, the Humanity! Airship Disasters
Presenter: Tom Crouch
Thursday, February 25
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Wind-Tunnel Calculations: When a ‘Computer’ was a Woman
Presenter: Paul Ceruzzi
Wednesday, March 03
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Earth Today - Gallery 213
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

From Night Bombing to the Outer Solar System: 60 Years of Imaging Radar
Presenter: Dr. Bruce A. Campbell
Wednesday, March 10
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
World War II Aviation - Gallery 205
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Hasselblad: A Staple of Astronaut Photography
Presenter: Jennifer Levasseur
Thursday, March 11
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Where the Hot Stuff Is: Volcanoes of the Earth and Solar System
Lecturer: Rosaly M. C. Lopes
Thursday, March 11
8:00 pm
Lockheed Martin Imax Theater
National Mall Building
Admission: Free, Tickets Required

Barbara Marx Hubbard and the Rise of Space Advocacy in the 1970s
Presenter: Roger Launius
Wednesday, March 17
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Moving Beyond Earth - Gallery 113
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Aleksei Leonov’s first walk in space
Presenter: Cathleen Lewis
Wednesday, March 24
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Space Race - Gallery 114
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Colonel Dawn M. Dunlop
Thursday, March 25
8:00 pm
Lockheed Martin Imax Theater
National Mall Building
Admission: Free, Tickets Required

Fledglings by artist Rudolph Dirks
Presenter: Tom Crouch
Wednesday, March 31
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Early Flight - Gallery 107
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

One World Rising: 1970 and the First “Earth Day”
Presenter: Martin Collins
Wednesday, April 07
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Looking at Earth - Gallery 110
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Give and Take: The Story of Martian Winds
Lecturer: Ronald Greeley
Wednesday, April 07
8:00 pm
Lockheed Martin Imax Theater
National Mall Building
Admission: Free, Tickets Required

Photographing a Spacewalk: Camera Equipment from Gemini IV
Presenter: Jennifer Levasseur
Thursday, April 08
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Memorabilia of a ‘Successful Failure’: Apollo 13
Presenter: Margaret Weitekamp
Wednesday, April 14
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Apollo to the Moon - Gallery 210
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

COSTAR
Presenter: Valerie Neal
Wednesday, April 21
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Moving Beyond Earth - Gallery 113
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

The P-61's Role in Weather Research
Presenter: Roger Turner
Thursday, April 22
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Big Blue Sky
Bill Liscomb
Thursday, April 22
8:00 pm
Lockheed Martin Imax Theater
National Mall Building
Admission: Free, Tickets Required

Mars Rovers Update
Presenter: Dr. John Grant
Wednesday, April 28
12:00 pm to 12:15 pm
Exploring The Planets - Gallery 207
National Mall Building
Admission: Free

Impact Cratering and the Solar System Cataclysm
Lecturer: Robert G. Strom
Thursday, April 29
8:00 pm
Lockheed Martin Imax Theater
National Mall Building
Admission: Free, Tickets Required

The Massively-Parallel Processor
Presenter: Paul Ceruzzi
Thursday, May 13
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Phoenix’s Arctic Adventure
Lecturer: Peter Smith
Thursday, June 03
8:00 pm
Lockheed Martin Imax Theater
National Mall Building
Admission: Free, Tickets Required

Gettysburg and Golf Courses: Ike Gets a Chopper
Thursday, June 10
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Old but Authentic: Treatment Choices to Preserve or Restore
Presenter: Russell Lee
Thursday, July 08
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Mariner 10 and Inner Solar System Exploration
Presenter: Roger Launius
Thursday, August 12
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

The AES Hard Suits
Presenter: Cathleen Lewis
Thursday, September 09
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Thomas Scott Baldwin and his Red Devil
Presenter: Tom Crouch
Thursday, September 23
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15

Two Men in a Hurry: The 1931 Flight of the Winnie Mae
Presenter: Roger Connor
Thursday, December 09
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15