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Bud Anderson  

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To Fly and Fight: Memoirs of a Triple Ace
Author: Col. Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson

Lecture presented on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Author: Col. Clarence E.

Sally Ride  

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Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science
Lecture presented on Friday, May 17, 2013

Star Trek Starship Enterprise Model  

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Star Trek’s Continuing Relevance
Lecture presented on Thursday, May 16, 2013

Commander Kevin Ford  

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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

Carol Raymond  

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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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Trieste II (DSV-1)  

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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

Dr. Edward C. Stone  

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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

Andrea M. Ghez  

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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

Brad Parkinson  

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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

John Grotzinger, Chief Scientist, Mars Science Laboratory Mission  

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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

A study for Robert T. McCall's The Space Mural: A Cosmic View in the South  

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Caution and Boldness: Balancing Risk in Spaceflight
Lecture presented on Friday, February 1, 2013

Maj. Gen. Kenneth Weir, USMCR (Ret.)  

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I Flew the U-2
Lecture presented on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Presenter: Maj. Gen. Kenneth Weir, USMCR (Ret.)

Cuban Missile Crisis  

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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

Gen. John R. Dailey  

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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

Gen. Frank E. Petersen  

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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.)

Telstar Satellite  

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Telstar 50th Anniversary
Lecture presented on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Charles F. Bolden, Jr.  

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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.

Dave W. Latham  

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Seeking Planets Like Earth
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Presenter: Dave W. Latham

John Glenn dressed in flight gear, circa 1943  

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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

Neil Gehrels  

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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

General James F. Amos  

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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

Andrea K. Dupree  

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IUE - The Little Satellite that Could
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Presenter: Andrea K. Dupree

Astronaut Carl E. Walz with an IMAX Camera  

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Bringing Spaceflight Down to Earth
IMAX Cameras Land at the Smithsonian

Lecture presented on Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Buzz Lightyear at the Launch Pad  

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To Infinity and Beyond: Buzz Lightyear's Journey to the Smithsonian
Lecture presented on Thursday, March 29, 2012

Charles L. Bennett  

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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

The International Space Station (ISS)  

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Meet Space Station Astronauts Mike Fossum and Catherine Coleman
Lecture presented on Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Captain Dale “Snort” Snodgrass USN (Ret)  

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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

Capt. Rosemary Bryant Mariner  

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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.)

Rashid Sunyaev, 2011 John N. Bahcall Distinguished Lecturer  

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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

STS-135 Crew Portrait  

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Space Shuttle Atlantis Astronauts
Special Presentation

Lecture presented on Thursday, October 13, 2011

<i>Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon</i>  

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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

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, An Autobiography  

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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

The First American Astronauts - Mercury 7  

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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

Thaddeus Lowe with his Inflation Wagons  

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Ballooning in the Civil War
Lecture presented on Friday, June 17, 2011

Dawn Spacecraft  

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The Early Solar System: Dawn at Vesta
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, June 9, 2011
Presenter: Carle Pieters

John F. Kennedy  

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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

Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Apollo 17  

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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

Rear Admiral Edward “Whitey” Feightner  

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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

Mercury  

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Exploring Mercury by Spacecraft: The MESSENGER Mission
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, May 12, 2011
Presenter: Sean C. Solomon

Rear Admiral Robert L. Bob Shumaker  

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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

HR ius Dunes  

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Mars: A Dynamic World
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, April 7, 2011
Presenter: Alfred S. McEwen

Admiral Leighton "Snuffy" Smith  

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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

Arched Eruption  

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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

Crab Nebula  

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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

Wiseman-Cooke Aircraft  

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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

Mars Pathfinder’s View of Twin Peaks  

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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

Book Cover: National Air and Space Museum, An Autobiography  

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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

Alan Shepard’s Apollo 14 Spacesuit  

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Suited for Space: The Science of the Spacesuit
Lecture presented on Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Richard C. Kirkland  

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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

Glacier Girl  

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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

The Lockheed A-12  

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Innovations Towards Invisibility
The CIA’s OXCART Project and A-12 Reconnaissance Aircraft

Lecture presented on Friday, September 24, 2010

STS-132 Crew  

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Space Shuttle STS-132 Astronauts
Educational Presentation

Lecture presented on Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Peter Smith  

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Phoenix’s Arctic Adventure
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, June 3, 2010
Presenter: Peter Smith

Bob Hoover  

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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

Robert G. Strom  

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Impact Cratering and the Solar System Cataclysm
Exploring Space Lecture presented on Thursday, April 29, 2010
Presenter: Robert G. Strom

Bill Liscomb  

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Big Blue Sky
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Thursday, April 22, 2010
Presenter: Bill Liscomb

Apollo XIII Mission Patch  

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40th Anniversary of Apollo 13
Annual John H. Glenn Lecture presented on Thursday, April 15, 2010

Ronald Greeley  

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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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Rosaly M. C. Lopes  

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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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STS-129 Crew Portrait  

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Meet the Crew of the Latest Space Shuttle Mission
STS-129 Crew

Lecture presented on Thursday, January 14, 2010

Sara Seager  

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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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Astronaut John Grunsfeld, Ph.D.  

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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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Alan Bean  

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A Conversation with Alan Bean
Lecture presented on Friday, November 13, 2009
Presenter: Alan Bean

Patty Wagstaff with two Kenyan pilots  

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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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Wright 1909 Military Flyer  

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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

Apollo 11 Armstrong and Aldrin Space Suits  

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40th Anniversary of Apollo 11
Annual John H. Glenn Lecture presented on Sunday, July 19, 2009

Alan Title  

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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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Sara Seager  

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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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Major Gen. Joe Engle  

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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

Brig. Gen. Dan Cherry USAF (ret.) and Nguyen Hong My  

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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

Vera Rubin  

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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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David Levy  

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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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Col. Leo K. Thorsness, (USAF, Ret.)  

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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.)

Milky Way: A Crowded Neighborhood  

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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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Earthrise from Apollo 8  

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An Evening with the Apollo 8 Astronauts
Annual John H. Glenn Lecture presented on Thursday, November 13, 2008

Anousheh Ansari  

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Anousheh Ansari
A Conversation With Anousheh Ansari

Lecture presented on Saturday, November 1, 2008

Col. Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson, USAF (Ret.)  

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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

STEREO Solar Image  

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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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Barbara Thompson - Exploring Space Lecture Series  

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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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Herb Kelleher  

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Kelleher: Agent of Airline Change
Herb Kelleher

Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture presented on Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Sgt. Ben Kuroki  

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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

Mary K. Hudson - Exploring Space Lecture Series  

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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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Thunderbird Pilot Maj. Nicole Malachowski  

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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

Dr. Loren Acton - Exploring Space Lecture Series  

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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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Professor Geoff Marcy  

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New Worlds, Yellowstone, and Life in the Universe
Lecture presented on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Presenter: Prof. Geoff Marcy

Grumman F-14 Tomcat at the Udvar-Hazy Center  

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An Evening with Test Pilot Robert K. Smyth
GE Aviation Lecture presented on Thursday, October 25, 2007

New Horizons  

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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

Saturn and Dione  

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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

Colorized View of Titan from Cassini  

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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

Sedna  

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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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