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Author: Col. Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson
Lecture presented on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Author: Col. Clarence E.
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Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science
Lecture presented on Friday, May 17, 2013
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Star Trek’s Continuing Relevance
Lecture presented on Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Meet Astronaut Kevin Ford
A First-Hand Account of Living and Working in Space
Lecture presented on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Vesta in the Light of Dawn
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Presenter: Carol Raymond
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CIA’s Underwater Space Mission Revealed
Recovering a Secret Spy Satellite Capsule from 16,400 feet below the Pacific Ocean
Lecture presented on Friday, April 26, 2013
Panel Discussion: Moderated by CIA historian David Waltrop
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The Voyager Journey to the Edge of Interstellar Space
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Presenter: Edward C. Stone
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The Monster at the Heart of the Milky Way
Andrea M. Ghez, Professor of Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA
Lecture presented on Friday, April 12, 2013
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GPS for Humanity—The Stealth Utility
Dr. Bradford W. Parkinson, Edward C. Wells Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Emeritus, Stanford University
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Thursday, March 21, 2013
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Curiosity’s Mission of Exploration at Gale Crater, Mars
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Presenter: John Grotzinger
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Caution and Boldness: Balancing Risk in Spaceflight
Lecture presented on Friday, February 1, 2013
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I Flew the U-2
Lecture presented on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Presenter: Maj. Gen. Kenneth Weir, USMCR (Ret.)
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Eyeball to Eyeball: The Inside (Photographic) Story of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Lecture presented on Friday, October 19, 2012
Presenter: Mr. Dino Brugioni
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Fly Marines: Observations from the Cockpit
Gen. J.R. "Jack" Dailey, USMC (Ret.)
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Thursday, October 11, 2012
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He Overcame More than Gravity: The First African American Marine Aviator
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Thursday, September 27, 2012
Presenter: General Frank E. Petersen, USMC (Ret.)
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Telstar 50th Anniversary
Lecture presented on Thursday, July 12, 2012
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NASA's Legacy and Future: Personal Reflections of a Space Flyer
Annual John H. Glenn Lecture presented on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Presenter: Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
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Seeking Planets Like Earth
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Presenter: Dave W. Latham
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John Glenn: Earning the Right Stuff as a Decorated Marine Aviator and Navy Test Pilot
Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture presented on Thursday, May 24, 2012
Presenter: John H. Glenn
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Gamma Ray Bursts and the Birth of Black Holes
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Presenter: Neil Gehrels
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General James F. Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps
Semper Fidelis: The Marine Aviation Centennial, 1912-2012
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Thursday, April 12, 2012
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IUE - The Little Satellite that Could
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Presenter: Andrea K. Dupree
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Bringing Spaceflight Down to Earth
IMAX Cameras Land at the Smithsonian
Lecture presented on Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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To Infinity and Beyond: Buzz Lightyear's Journey to the Smithsonian
Lecture presented on Thursday, March 29, 2012
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Big Bang for the Buck: Cosmology from WMAP
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, March 22, 2012
Presenter: Charles L. Bennett
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Meet Space Station Astronauts Mike Fossum and Catherine Coleman
Lecture presented on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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Vice Adm. Donald D. Engen Flight Jacket Night
Lecture presented on Thursday, November 3, 2011
Lecturer: Captain Dale "Snort" Snodgrass USN (Ret), Legendary F-14 Tomcat pilot
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The Fight to Fly at Sea
A Historical Perspective on Women in Naval Aviation
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Thursday, October 27, 2011
Presenter: Capt. Rosemary Bryant Mariner USN (Ret.)
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Hot Gas in Galaxy Clusters and Big Bang Cosmology
Lecture presented on Friday, October 21, 2011
Speaker: Rashid Sunyaev, 2011 John N. Bahcall Distinguished Lecturer, Space Telescope Science Institute
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Space Shuttle Atlantis Astronauts
Special Presentation
Lecture presented on Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon
Lecture presented on Friday, July 29, 2011
Presenter: Apollo 15 Astronaut, Al Worden
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography
Lecture presented on Friday, July 1, 2011
Authors: Michael Neufeld and Alex Spencer
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An Evening with Two Mercury Astronauts
Annual John H. Glenn Lecture presented on Thursday, June 23, 2011
Presenters: John Glenn and Scott Carpenter
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Ballooning in the Civil War
Lecture presented on Friday, June 17, 2011
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The Early Solar System: Dawn at Vesta
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, June 9, 2011
Presenter: Carle Pieters
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Before This Decade is Out: The 50th Anniversary of Kennedy’s Declaration
Lecture presented on Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Presenter: Dr. John Logsdon
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To the Moon: The Speech that Launched Apollo
Lecture presented on Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Presenters: Capt. Eugene A. Cernan, USN (Ret.) and Dr. John M. Logsdon
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Memoirs from an Aviator’s Logbook
Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture presented on Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Presenter: Rear Adm. Edward “Whitey” Feightner
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Exploring Mercury by Spacecraft: The MESSENGER Mission
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, May 12, 2011
Presenter: Sean C. Solomon
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Naval Aviation at 100 as Viewed by a Former POW
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Presenter: Rear Adm. Robert L. “Bob” Shumaker
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Mars: A Dynamic World
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, April 7, 2011
Presenter: Alfred S. McEwen
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“You Can Do This!” From Skyhawks over North Vietnam to Command of NATO Forces in Bosnia
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Presenter: Adm. Leighton "Snuffy" Smith
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The Solar Dynamics Observatory: The Sun Up Close and Personal
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, March 24, 2011
Presenter: Dean Pesnell
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Exploring the Crab Nebula with the Hubble, Chandra, and Fermi Space Telescopes
The John N. Bahcall Lecture presented on Friday, February 25, 2011
Presenter: Roger Blandford
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Celebrating A Century of Airmail: A Discussion of the Wiseman Cooke Flight with Smithsonian Curators
Presenters: Tom Crouch and Nancy Pope
Lecture presented on Saturday, February 19, 2011
Presenters: Tom Crouch and Nancy Pope
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Mars Program Update
Presenters: The Leading Experts on Mars
Lecture presented on Thursday, January 13, 2011
Presenters: The Leading Experts on Mars
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography
authors: Michael Neufeld and Alex Spencer
Lecture presented on Thursday, December 2, 2010
Authors: Michael Neufeld and Alex Spencer
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Suited for Space: The Science of the Spacesuit
Lecture presented on Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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Vice Adm. Donald D. Engen Flight Jacket Night
Pilot, Author, and Artist Richard C. Kirkland
Lecture presented on Friday, November 12, 2010
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From the Ice, Back to Life: The Incredible Resurrection of "Glacier Girl"
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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Innovations Towards Invisibility
The CIA’s OXCART Project and A-12 Reconnaissance Aircraft
Lecture presented on Friday, September 24, 2010
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Space Shuttle STS-132 Astronauts
Educational Presentation
Lecture presented on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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Phoenix’s Arctic Adventure
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, June 3, 2010
Presenter: Peter Smith
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Bob Hoover: A Legendary Stick and Rudder Man
Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture presented on Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Presenter: Bob Hoover
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Impact Cratering and the Solar System Cataclysm
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, April 29, 2010
Presenter: Robert G. Strom
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Big Blue Sky
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Thursday, April 22, 2010
Presenter: Bill Liscomb
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40th Anniversary of Apollo 13
Annual John H. Glenn Lecture presented on Thursday, April 15, 2010
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Give and Take: The Story of Martian Winds
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Presenter: Ronald Greeley
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Where the Hot Stuff Is: Volcanoes of the Earth and Solar System
Lecturer: Rosaly M. C. Lopes
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Lecturer: Rosaly M. C. Lopes
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Meet the Crew of the Latest Space Shuttle Mission
STS-129 Crew
Lecture presented on Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Astrobiology and the Search for Life Beyond Earth
The John N. Bahcall Lecture presented on Thursday, December 10, 2009
Presenter: Sara Seager
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The Significance of the Hubble Space Telescope
Lecture presented on Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Presenter: Astronaut John Grunsfeld PhD
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A Conversation with Alan Bean
Lecture presented on Friday, November 13, 2009
Presenter: Alan Bean
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Over Africa! Low and Slow with the Kenya Wildlife Service
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Presenters: Patty Wagstaff and Miles O'Brien
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The World’s First Military Airplane: A Public Symposium on the 1909 Wright Military Flyer
Lecture presented on Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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40th Anniversary of Apollo 11
Annual John H. Glenn Lecture presented on Sunday, July 19, 2009
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Our Sun - Is it a Steady Performer?
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, June 18, 2009
Presenter: Alan Title
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Are We Alone? Searching for an Exoplanet Like Home
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Presenter: Sara Seager
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To the Edge of Space and Beyond
Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture presented on Thursday, May 21, 2009
Presenter: Major Gen. Joe Engle
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A Pilot and the Enemy He Shot Down
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Presenters: Brig. Gen. Dan Cherry, USAF (ret.) and Nguyen Hong My, F-4 and MiG 21 adversaries
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What IS the Universe?
Speaker: Vera Rubin
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, April 9, 2009
Speaker: Vera Rubin
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Why is Astronomy so Popular?
Speaker: David Levy
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Speaker: David Levy
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Heroism, Self-sacrifice, and Personal Bravery
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Thursday, March 12, 2009
Presenter: Col. Leo K. Thorsness USAF (Ret.)
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The Milky Way: Why We Need Her and How She Was Formed
Lecture presented on Thursday, February 26, 2009
Presenter: Dr. Sandy Faber
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An Evening with the Apollo 8 Astronauts
Annual John H. Glenn Lecture presented on Thursday, November 13, 2008
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Anousheh Ansari
A Conversation With Anousheh Ansari
Lecture presented on Saturday, November 1, 2008
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An Evening with Colonel Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Thursday, October 9, 2008
Presenter: Col. Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson
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Exploring Space Lectures: "Space Weather and the Solar Connection"
Lecture 4: Forecasting Space Weather
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Presenter: Dr. Tom Bogdan
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Exploring Space Lectures: "Space Weather and the Solar Connection"
Lecture 3: Living with a Star
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, May 15, 2008
Presenter: Dr. Barbara Thompson
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Kelleher: Agent of Airline Change
Herb Kelleher
Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture presented on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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Most Honorable Son: a Japanese-American B-24 Gunner in World War II
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Thursday, May 1, 2008
Presenter: Sergeant Ben Kuroki
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Exploring Space Lectures: "Space Weather and the Solar Connection"
Lecture 2: Confirming the Connection: Energetic Particles and Storms from the Sun
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, April 17, 2008
Presenter: Dr. Mary K. Hudson
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An Evening with America's First Female Thunderbird Pilot
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Thursday, March 27, 2008
Presenter: Major Nicole Malachowski
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Exploring Space Lectures: "Space Weather and the Solar Connection"
Lecture 1: Discovering the Connection: The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, March 13, 2008
Presenter: Dr. Loren Acton
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New Worlds, Yellowstone, and Life in the Universe
Lecture presented on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Presenter: Prof. Geoff Marcy
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An Evening with Test Pilot Robert K. Smyth
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Thursday, October 25, 2007
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New Horizons: Exploring the Solar System's Frontier
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, June 14, 2007
Presenter: S. Alan Stern
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Expedition to the Ringed Planet
Cassini Explores Saturn, Its Rings, and the Fountains of Enceladus
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Presenter: Carolyn Porco
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Exploring the Surface of Titan with Cassini-Huygens
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Presenter: Elizabeth P. Turtle
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Pluto, Eris, and the Dwarf Planets of the Outer Solar System
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Presenter: Mike Brown
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