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Lecture An Evening with Two Mercury Astronauts National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Lecture An Evening with Two Mercury Astronauts National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Fifty years after the first human spaceflights, John Glenn and Scott Carpenter will talk about their selection as astronauts, the first human spaceflights, and their careers in and out of spaceflight. Ballooning in the Civil War National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Hear a distinguished panel of scholars discuss ballooning during the Civil War and the birth of aerial reconnaissance in America. Lecture The Early Solar System: Dawn at Vesta National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Learn all about Dawn and how we will study the surface of Vesta in this lecture presented only weeks before the spacecraft arrives at this previously unseen world. Lecture Before This Decade is Out: The 50th Anniversary of Kennedy’s Declaration National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

A half-century ago, on May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy’s declaration “we choose to go to the Moon” set in motion the largest mobilization of financial and human resources to achieve a single purpose in U.S. peacetime history. Dr. Logsdon will discuss the reasons behind Kennedy’s decision to go to the Moon and the actions he took to turn the decision into a successful program as well as to evaluate the scientific and historical legacies of Project Apollo.

 Lecture To the Moon: The Speech that Launched Apollo Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA

The lecture is for members of the Museum’s National Air and Space Society and their guests only. There is no charge to attend, but advance reservations are required.

 Lecture Memoirs from an Aviator’s Logbook National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Admiral Edward L. “Whitey” Feightner is a nine-victory WWII ace who flew F4F Wildcats and F6F Hellcats.

 Lecture Exploring Mercury by Spacecraft: The MESSENGER Mission National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC See Mercury in a new light as Sean Solomon guides us through the latest images and results. Lecture Naval Aviation at 100 as Viewed by a Former POW National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC On April 20, Admiral Shumaker will provide a unique look at naval aviation from the perspective of an aviator and former POW who later helped shape the Navy’s air, surface, electronic and space activities at the end of the twentieth century. Lecture Mars: A Dynamic World National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Join Alfred McEwen as he describes the dynamic activity on Mars and its implications for possible life, including visitors from Earth.