2012 Space Frontier Lectures
| The Boldest Mission to Mars Ever November 1, 2012 Bobak Ferdowski & Ravi Prakash Retrieve archived webcast |
| Lights, camera, blast-off! Making IMAX movies in space October 23, 2012 Toni Myers Retrieve archive webcast |
| Failure is Not an Option September 12, 2012 Gene Kranz Retrieve archived webcast This lecture commemorated the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s “To the Moon” speech from Rice Stadium |
| Exit Strategy: Profit, Cosmology, and the Future of Humans in Space March 22, 2012 David Valentine |
| Catching Shadows: Kepler’s Quest for New Worlds February 16, 2012 Natalie Batalha. |
2011 Space Frontier Lectures
| Long Duration Space Flight – Preparing for and Living on the International Space November 9, 2011 Station Shannon Walker, PhD |
| Heavens Above: Space Exploration and the Religious Imagination October 27, 2011 Jeff Kripal, Ph.D. |
| The Greatest Obstacle to the Human Space Program September 14, 2011 Norman R. Augustine, M. S. E. |
| 50 Years of Humans in Space: The Biological Impact April 21, 2011 Bobby R. Alford, MD |
| Fast Missions to Mars and Beyond: Developing the VASIMR Engine March 10, 2011 Franklin Chang Diaz, PhD |
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Space Weather: Shaping the Earth’s Space Environment |
| The Adventure and Wonder of Space Research January 20, 2011 Loren Acton, PhD |