Key	Imgs	Short Description
1998_DC_Worley_980704	24	DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Jo Anne Worley BAND CONCERT, Col. Lowell E. Graham conducts the U.S. Air Force Band and the Singing Sergeants, with guest emcee Dennis Owens from WGMS (103.5 FM) and comedian Jo Anne Worley; 6 p.m., National Air and Space Museum (north terrace), Independence Avenue at Sixth Street NW, near L'Enfant Plaza Metro...
2009_DC_EnemyR_090428	27	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: A Pilot and the Enemy He Shot Down -- reception GE Aviation Lecture -- A Pilot and the Enemy He Shot Down -- reception
2009_DC_Bean_091113	8	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Alan Bean Vice Adm. Donald D. Engen Flight Jacket Night: A Conversation with Alan Bean NOTE: I was apparently the only one in the audience not allowed to take any photos during the event itself. These photos therefore only cover the book signing.   On November 19th, 1969 Alan Bean became the fourth man to...
2008_DC_Ansari_081101	119	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Anousheh Ansari Vice Adm. Donald D. Engen Flight Jacket Night A Conversation With Anousheh Ansari In 2006, Anousheh Ansari captured headlines around the world as the first female private space explorer and the first astronaut of Iranian descent. Ansari is a living example of the American dream. After immigrating...
2008_DC_Apollo8_081113	92	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Apollo 8 Astronauts Annual John H. Glenn Lecture: An Evening with the Apollo 8 Astronauts: In late December 1968, the Apollo 8 crew of Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to leave Earth and journey to another world. They spent 20 hours orbiting the Moon, and then made the flight back...
2008_DC_Kuroki_080501	77	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Ben Kuroki ("Most Honorable Son") General Electric Aviation Lecture: "Most Honorable Son: a Japanese-American B-24 Gunner in World War II" Speaker: Sgt. Ben Kuroki Sgt. Ben Kuroki was one of the few Nisei admitted to the Army Air Corps. He earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses and was acclaimed as the first Nisei war hero after...
2010_DC_Hoover_100518	52	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Bob Hoover Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture: Bob Hoover Robert A. “Bob” Hoover is a fighter, military, and civilian test and air show pilot of legendary proportions. Using his superb piloting skills to fly aircraft to the edge of their performance capabilities, Hoover has left an indelible mark in aviation...
2013_DC_Aldrin_131026	12	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Buzz Aldrin Interview with Buzz Aldrin Join us for an interview with NASA astronaut, Buzz Aldrin. In this talk moderated by Leonard David, Aldrin will discuss his book Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration. In his book, Aldrin speaks out as an advocate for the continuing quest to push the boundaries of...
2005_DC_Yeager_051004	16	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Chuck Yeager (test pilot) An Evening with Charles "Chuck" Yeager: The renowned aviator will share memories of his remarkable climb from an enlisted man in the Army Air Corps to X-1 test pilot to a distinguished brigadier general. The General Electric Aviation Lecture Series is made possible through the generous support of The...
2009_DC_Levy_090325	46	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: David Levy ("Why Is Astronomy So Popular?") Exploring Space Lectures: Why is Astronomy so Popular? Speaker: David Levy 6:00 p.m. Special theater presentation in the Lockheed Martin Imax Theater: End of the World, with curator comments + Discovery Stations in the Museum 7:00 p.m. Meet the Lecturer 7:30 p.m. Lecture Well-known interpreter of...
2011_DC_Feightner_110524	58	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Edward "Whitey" Feightner Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture: Memoirs from an Aviator’s Logbook Presenter: Rear Adm. Edward “Whitey” Feightner Admiral Edward L. “Whitey” Feightner is a nine-victory WWII ace who flew F4F Wildcats and F6F Hellcats. After the war, he was assigned as a test pilot at NATC Patuxent River,...
2005_DC_Kranz_050408	19	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Gene Kranz (flight director) Gene Kranz spoke at the second annual John Glenn Lecture. Kranz was flight director in NASA's Mission Control during the exciting days of Mercury and Gemini missions, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the first Space Shuttle flights. Kranz shaped the history of the space age. Gene has been further...
2003_DC_Lovell_031114	12	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: James Lovell (astronaut) Retired US Navy Captain James Lovell Jr came to talk about his experience in the space program, especially as team leader on the aborted Apollo 13 flight (he was played by Tom Hanks in the movie). He had previously flown in three other flights -- Gemini VII (1965) with Frank Borman, Gemini XII (1966)...
2015_DC_SIAIR_Norfleet_150429	3	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: James Norfleet signing George Norfleet was in the building promoting his book "A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman Curtis Christopher Robinson"
2009_DC_Engle_090521	88	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Joe Engle Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture: To the Edge of Space and Beyond Presenter: Major Gen. Joe Engle Maj. Gen. Joe Engle is an exciting speaker with a multitude of experiences in air and space. He has logged more than 14,700 hours in the air piloting more than 185 different types of aircraft, and...
2003_DC_Young_030411	10	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: John Young (astronaut) The National Air and Space Society had a lecture featuring retired US Navy Captain and Astronaut John W. Young. He made six space flights (totalling 835 hours) in addition to having flown 14,750 hours as a naval aviator. He flew on Gemini 3 (with Gus Grissom), Gemini 10 (with Michael Collins), Apollo...
2008_DC_Malachowski_080327	126	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Nicole Malachowski (first female Thunderbird pilot) What’s it like to be first? In March 2006, Maj. Nicole Malachowski debuted as the first woman pilot selected to fly in any American military demonstration team, in this case, the Air Force Demo Squadron better known as the Thunderbirds, flying F-16Cs. Major Malachowski’s two seasons as Thunderbird #3...
2008_DC_NASSR_080327	13	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Nicole Malachowski (first female Thunderbird pilot) -- Reception Natl Air and Space Society -- Reception before Nicole Malachowski (first female Thunderbird pilot) lecture
2009_DC_Faber_090226	82	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Sandy Faber ("The Milky Way: Why We Need Her...") "The Milky Way: Why We Need Her and How She Was Formed" by Dr. Sandy Faber 6:00 PM Screening of the documentary 400 Years of the Telescope (http://www.400years.org/) 7:00 PM Meet the lecturer 7:30 PM Lecture begins A hundred years ago, astronomers did not know about galaxies, let alone that the...
2006_DC_Flight_Jacket_061103	61	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Wally Shirra, Gene Cernan, and Tom Stafford Vice Adm. Donald D. Engen Flight Jacket Night: An Evening with Wally Schirra, Gene Cernan, and Tom Stafford: Three of America's earliest space explorers take the stage to discuss their own unique contributions to history. Moderated by Ed Buckbee, astronauts Wally Schirra, Gene Cernan, and Tom...
2000_DC_Cronkite_001115	25	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Walter Cronkite
2007_DC_Feightner_071116	40	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: Whitey Feightner (test pilot) Buffet dinner reception and then Conversation with Whitey Feightner for NASS Flight Jacket Night: This year's Flight Jacket Night speaker is Rear Adm. Edward L. "Whitey" Feightner, a nine-victory WWII ace who flew F4F Wildcats and F6F Hellcats. After the war he was assigned as a test pilot at NATC...
2009_DC_Wright_091007	203	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event: World's First Military Airplane: A Public Symposium on the 1909 Wright Military Flyer The World’s First Military Airplane: A Public Symposium on the 1909 Wright Military Flyer: The culminating event of the year-long Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum observance of the Centennial of Military Aviation will be an evening public symposium on the 1909 Wright Military Flyer. This...
2001_DC_SIAIR_25th_010701	28	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Event:25th Anniversary The museum marked its 25th anniversary on July 1, 2001. Since opening in 1976, it has become the most popular museum in the world, attracting more than nine million people a year.
2011_DC_LincolnAF_110611	38	Natl Air and Space Museum -- Family Day: Mr. Lincoln’s Air Force Family Day: Mr. Lincoln’s Air Force One hundred and fifty years ago this month, Thaddeus Lowe demonstrated to President Lincoln how a gas-filled balloon might be used to spy on the enemy, thus helping the Union Army and establishing the earliest "air force." In celebration of this anniversary, the...
2012_DC_Stargazing_120428	53	USA Science & Engineering Festival (2012) & Air and Space Museum -- Planetary Radio Telescopic Observing: Stargazing Party Join museum astronomy educators for an evening of activities at the National Air and Space Museum including astronomy-themed programming in the Moving Beyond Earth gallery, including a guest appearance by Bill Nye the Science Guy and a live broadcast of Planetary...

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