The Museum of Flight has re-opened, albeit with some limitations in consideration of safety amid the COVID pandemic. The museum continues to offer online events as well, and a couple of author talks with space themes are on the calendar for the next couple of months.
Kellie Gerardi, author of Not Necessarily Rocket Science: A Beginners Guide to the Space Age (Mango, 2020), will talk about the book and non-traditional paths into today's commercial spaceflight industry during a talk at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 10. Gerardi, whose work to promote citizen-science and inspire women in STEM has been featured across a broad range of media, shows us that humanity’s next giant leap will require the contributions of artists, engineers, and everyone in between. She will talk about this unique window in history and offer an inside look into the commercial spaceflight industry and all those working to democratize access to space and tee up a golden age of spaceflight for scientists, students, and tourists alike! There's more info, including instructions for viewing the event, on the museum website.
Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony has penned a book titled Operation Moonglow (Basic Books, 2020). Muir-Harmony writes that the Apollo missions were more than just engineering and science, but also part of a broader geopolitical strategy to build alliances, win "hearts and minds," and secure superpower status during the Cold War. Muir-Harmony, who is the curator of the Apollo Collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and teaches at Georgetown University, will talk about the book and the topic in an online event at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 3. There's more info, including instructions for viewing the event, on the museum website. Muir-Harmony is also the author of Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects (National Geographic, 2018).
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