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Lecture Eyeball to Eyeball: The Inside (Photographic) Story of the Cuban Missile Crisis Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA -

In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missle Crisis, this lecture recounts the actions of Brugioni and his team during one of the most intense moments in American history.

 Lecture Fly Marines: Observations from the Cockpit National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Join Marine Corps aviator and National Air and Space Museum Director Jack Dailey for a discussion about the sacrifice, study, and decisions that defined the Marine Corps mission of battlefield mobility and responsiveness.

 Lecture He Overcame More than Gravity: The First African American Marine Aviator National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

General Frank Petersen will reflect on his accomplishments and the challenges he faced as the U.S. Navy's first African American marine aviator.

 Telstar 50th Anniversary National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC -

The National Air and Space Museum's Space History and Education divisions, in collaboration with the Embassy of France, will host a symposium to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Telstar satellite, representing the birth of global telecommunications.

 Lecture NASA's Legacy and Future: Personal Reflections of a Space Flyer National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. will be the speaker for the 2012 John H. Glenn Lecture in Space History. Lecture Seeking Planets Like Earth National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Dave W. Latham is a Senior Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lecture John Glenn: Earning the Right Stuff as a Decorated Marine Aviator and Navy Test Pilot National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC How did John Glenn get “the right stuff?” Lecture John Glenn: Earning the Right Stuff as a Decorated Marine Aviator and Navy Test Pilot National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

How did John Glenn get “the right stuff?”

 Lecture Gamma Ray Bursts and the Birth of Black Holes National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Neil Gehrels is Chief, Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

 Lecture General James F. Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Marine Aviators make a unique contribution to national defense.  Come and hear Commandant of the Marine Corps General James F. Amos, the Senior Marine and Naval Aviator, speak about his career, Marine aviation's history of innovation, and its role as part of America's Expeditionary Force in Readiness.