Dr. Ride flew two missions aboard the space shuttle Challenger (1983 and 1984). During the 1983 mission, the crew performed the first satellite deployment and retrieval with the shuttle's robot arm. The 1984 mission demonstrated the...
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Burke's fascination with technology and its impact on society led in 1979 to the highly-acclaimed, prize-winning 10-part Connections series. First aired in the U.S. on PBS, Connections achieved the largest audience ever for a documentary...
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Lovell was the first astronaut to make four space flights. In 1965 he was the pilot of Gemini 7. On this mission he spent fourteen days in space, which was a record at the time.
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Maya Angelou, a nationally renowned poet, educator, historian and author, is one of the great voices of contemporary literature. In addition, she is an accomplished actress, playwright, producer, and director.
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Dr. Sagan is author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books, including The Dragons of Eden for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. His Emmy and Peabody Award winning television series Cosmos became the most widely watched science...
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Governor James R. Thompson, Dr. Carl Sagan, Donald Nordlund, Dr. Stephanie Marshall, Jayne Thompson and Dr. Leon Lederman, October 2, 1991
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Mechanisms of Change: Do Lemons Whistle?, James Burke
A Successful Failure, James Lovell
The U.S. Space Program: Pioneering the Future, Sally Ride
An Afternoon with Maya Angelou, Maya Angelou
Science From a Political and Historical Point of View, Edward Teller
Comets and the Origin of Life, Carl Sagan