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Lecture “You Can Do This!” From Skyhawks over North Vietnam to Command of NATO Forces in Bosnia National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

On March 29, Admiral Smith will discuss some of his most critical challenges that led him through his jet combat missions over Vietnam to the command of the NATO-led Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia.

 Lecture The Solar Dynamics Observatory: The Sun Up Close and Personal National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Learn how SDO will change how we see the Sun inside and out, in this lecture illustrated with spectacular images and video of the star that is so crucial to life on Earth. Lecture Exploring the Crab Nebula with the Hubble, Chandra, and Fermi Space Telescopes National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Dr. Blandford, tonight's speaker, is a renowned astro-particle physicist who was the chairman of the National Academy of Sciences Decadal Survey (2011-2020).

 Celebrating A Century of Airmail: A Discussion of the Wiseman Cooke Flight with Smithsonian Curators National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC - Lecture Suited for Space: The Science of the Spacesuit National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Discover the ingenuity and creativity that went into developing the ultimate life-support system—the space suit.

 Lecture Vice Adm. Donald D. Engen Flight Jacket Night National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

The lecture is for members of the Museum’s National Air and Space Society.

 Lecture From the Ice, Back to Life: The Incredible Resurrection of "Glacier Girl" National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Learn about Glacier Girl, the famous Lockheed P-38 that became stranded on the Greenland Ice Cap, from Bob Cardin, the man in charge of rescuing her, and Rod Lewis, her owner.

 Lecture Phoenix's Arctic Adventure National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Learn what Phoenix taught us about water, climate cycles, and habitability on Mars as we travel with Peter Smith to a polar summer where the sun never sets.

 Lecture Bob Hoover: A Legendary Stick and Rudder Man National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Bob Hoover will discuss his career in aviation and some of the pilots he has known including Orville Wright, Eddie Rickenbacker, Charles Lindbergh, Jacqueline Cochran, Neil Armstrong, and Yuri Gagarin. Lecture Impact Cratering and the Solar System Cataclysm National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Discover how impacts shaped the Solar System we see today as Robert Strom guides us through the history of these dramatic events.