Descriptions & illustrations of the museum’s collection of rockets and missiles is highlighted. Specifically described are the early development of the German V1 and V2 rockets, and how this led to the initial American entries.
Presenter: Ron Williamson The presenter served on the front lines with an Air Force In-Flight Refueling unit during the Cold War. Remember “duck and cover,” fallout shelters, Khrushchev (“we will bury you”), and Sputnik? To win the Cold War (1946-1991) aircraft needed to go the distance. We will cover the history and operations of In-Flight...
Descriptions & illustrations of the Apollo Guidance Computer, the Display and Keyboard Unit (DSKY), how the astronauts used it and how it interfaced to the remainder of the Command Module, and comparisons to show similarity with other computer systems including Windows programs.
Presenters: John Jennings & Donn Anderson NASA has created a communication system that controls and receives data from many space probes and is never out of communication. The Deep Space Network involves three facilities around the Earth so that NASA never loses contact with all of its active spacecraft. We will show the three world...
Presenters: Donn Anderson & John Jennings The vast majority of asteroids have a variety of rocky compositions. But a few asteroids are made of something really amazing: METAL! The largest is Psyche. Why are we interested in this particular and peculiar type of asteroid? What is it going to take to go there? What discoveries...
Presenters: Donn Anderson & John Jennings 50 years ago on December 7th, five massive F-1 rocket engines rumbled to life turning night into day as Apollo 17 lifted off into the Florida sky. What was it like to witness the only night launch of a Saturn V? Come hear an eyewitness give a description of...
Presenter: John Bronson Descriptions & illustrations of: What led to the Vietnam War, what the US was attempting to accomplish with its aircraft, illustration of the types of missions assigned to ground support aircraft, and which of the Museum aircraft accomplished each mission. Four mission types are described and illustrated in some detail: Heli-borne Attack, Fixed...
Presenter: Gary Sohn Apollo-Soyuz was the first crewed international space mission, carried out jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union in July, 1975. Millions of people around the world watched on television as a US Apollo spacecraft docked with a Soviet capsule. Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater Cost: Included with Admission
Descriptions & illustrations of the Apollo Guidance Computer, the Display and Keyboard Unit (DSKY), how the astronauts used it and how it interfaced to the remainder of the Command Module, and comparisons to show similarity with other computer systems including Windows programs.
Presenter: Donn Anderson Lucy is the first mission to study the swarms of Trojan asteroids associated with Jupiter, thought to be remnants of our early solar system. The Trojans orbit the Sun in two loose groups, with one group leading ahead of Jupiter in its path, the other trailing behind. Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater...
