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Lecture Video

Air and Space Live Chat: American’s First Spacewalk

In this edition museum curator Jennifer Levasseur, NASA chief historian Bill Barry, and astronaut Michael López-Alegría discuss the first American spacewalk.

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Air and Space Live Chat: The Wright Brothers

In 1903 the Wright brothers developed and flew the first successful airplane. This chat features Tom Crouch, Wright brothers historian, and Keith Yourg, a relative of Orville and Wilbur Wright.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2tetlX7v6U
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Air and Space Live Chat: Pioneering Women in Space

In this Live Chat, host Beth Wilson talks with astronaut Mary Cleave and Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks, the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier.

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Lecture Video

Air and Space Live Chat: Shake Rattle and Roll: The Science Underneath Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Watch the conversation with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History's Global Volcanism program, recorded on the 40th Anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens.

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Lecture Video

Air and Space Live Chat: Spacesuits Featuring Astronaut Anne McClain

Join NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, National Air and Space Museum spacesuit curator Dr. Cathleen Lewis, and conservator Lisa Young in this discussion about spacesuits.

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Lecture Video

Air and Space Live Chat: World War II and Victory in Europe: STEM in 30 Mission Debrief

Jeremy Kinney, from the National Air and Space Museum as well as Seth Paridon and Kate Fitzgerald from the National World War II Museum in New Orleans discuss World War II and Victory in Europe!

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Lecture Video

Air and Space Live Chat: The Hubble Space Telescope at 30

Launched 30 years ago, the science continues today. Learn about the history of Hubble, and what's next in this conversation.

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Air and Space Live Chat: Artemis with Randy Komrade Bresnik

In this edition NASA Astronaut Randy Komarade Bresnik discusses the Artemis program which will land the first woman and next man on the Moon; and takes viewer questions.

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Vortex Drag

Learn about how the spirals of air that trail off the tips of an airplane’s wings also contribute to drag.

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Thrust: Rocket Engines

Explore how rocket engines generate thrust.

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National Air and Space Museum

National Air and Space Museum 650 Jefferson Drive SW
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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151

703-572-4118

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