Past Events

Air and Space Live Chat

Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator

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NASA's Flying Saucer: Learning to Land on Mars

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
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In this What's New in Aerospace? program, Ian Clark from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will talk about the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator project.

Pluto in False-Color

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New Horizons @ Pluto

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
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The What's New in Aerospace? series, presented in collaboration with NASA, is open to the public and will cover recent research, developments, and discoveries related to space.

Danny Olivas

Lecture

From Cowboy Boots to Space Boots

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
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The What's New in Aerospace? series, presented in collaboration with NASA, is open to the public and will cover recent research, developments, and discoveries related to space.

Official portrait of NASA astronaut Kate Rubins

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Astronaut Presentation

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

In 2016, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins flew on Expedition 48/49 and became the first person to sequence DNA in space. Join us as she discusses her experiences as an astronaut.

An earth-like planet on the right and a Sun-like star in the distance on the left

Lecture

What’s Next in the Search for Habitable Planets

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
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The Kepler Space Telescope was incredibly successful in its mission to search out and identify planets around other stars. But what comes next?

Gecko

Lecture

How Geckos Helped JPL Make Some Really Cool Robotics

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Jet Propulsion Laboratory researcher Aaron Parness will talk about the robotics he and his team are developing, inspired by geckos. 

three astronauts on ISS

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Back on Earth with Astronauts Anne McClain and Nick Hague

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

The What's New in Aerospace? series, presented in collaboration with NASA, is open to the public and will cover recent research, developments, and discoveries related to space.