Ask an Expert Lecture Series

Ask an Expert at the National Mall Building

Every Wednesday at noon, a Museum staff member talks to the public about the history, collection, or personalities related to a specific artifact or exhibition in the Museum. Talks typically last 10-15 minutes and begin at the Museum "Great Seal", in the Milestones of Flight gallery on the first floor.

DATE	TITLE	LECTURER (DEPARTMENT)
Aug. 12	The 1909 Wright Military Flyer	Peter Jakab (Aeronautics Division)
Aug. 19	Wingless Flight: The M2-F3 Lifting Body	Valerie Neal (Space History Division)
Aug. 26	The International Flying Meeting at Reims	Peter Jakab (Aeronautics Division)
Sep. 2	Speed and Glory in the Air: A Century of Air Racing	Jeremy Kinney (Aeronautics Division)
Sep. 9	The V-2 Rocket's attacks on London and Paris	Michael Neufeld (Space History Division)
Sep. 16	Edward Prince of Wales’ flying coat	Alex Spencer (Aeronautics Division)
Sep. 23	Apollo 15 and Lunar Basalt	Priscilla Strain (Center for Earth and Planetary Studies)
Sep. 30	The Solar Armada	David DeVorkin (Space History Division)
Oct. 7	We: Select stories about how pilots and astronauts feel about their crafts	Bob Craddock (Center for Earth and Planetary Studies)
Oct. 14	The Hellfire Air to Surface Missile	Tom Lassman (Space History Division)
Oct. 21	Just What Are Black Boxes, and Are They Really Black?	Paul Ceruzzi (Space History Division)
Oct. 28	The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Early Results	Thomas Watters (Center for Earth and Planetary Studies)

Ask an Expert at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Every second and fourth Thursday at 12:30 PM, a Museum staff member talks to the public about the history, collection, or personalities related to a specific artifact or display at the Udvar-Hazy Center. Talks typically last 10-15 minutes and begin at the nose of the SR-71 in the Boeing Aviation Hangar.

DATE	TITLE	LECTURER (DEPARTMENT)
Aug. 13	The New Horizons Spacecraft and the Exploration of the Outer Solar System	Roger Launius (Space History Division)
Aug. 27	Transformers: Cold War Toys for Boys	Dik Daso (Aeronautics Division)
Sep. 10	Measuring the Winds of Venus: the Vega Venus Atmospheric Balloon	Cathleen Lewis (Space History Division)
Sep. 24	Charles A. Lindbergh and the American Consumer: The Stanley King Collection	Dominick Pisano (Aeronautics Division)
Oct. 8	President Lincoln’s Air Force…and President Davis’s, Too	Tom Crouch (Aeronautics Division)

Curator's Choice Online
Excerpts from previous Curator's Choice lectures (now the Ask An Expert series) for
Apollo 11 Command Module, Lunar Module 2 and Apollo Moon Rocks.