Ask an Expert: Preparations for the First Human Space Flight

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Channel: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum · 2011 · Education

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Dr. Cathleen Lewis, curator in the Space History Division at the National Air and Space Museum, discusses the preparation to launch the first humans into space. This informal gallery talk was recorded on December 1, 2010 as part of the National Air and Space Museum's "Ask an Expert" lecture series.

Ask an Expert" lectures are presented weekly at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and biweekly at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. For more information & schedule, see http://www.nasm.si.edu/askanexpert/

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