2020 Space Frontier Lectures
| Reading the Martian Record: Stories of a Previously Habitable World Thursday, April 9th, 2020 Kirsten Siebach |
| A Nightwatchman's Journey: The Road not Taken Thursday, February 13, 2020 David Levy |
| Lunar South Pole: Preparing for a Sevent Landing Thursday, January 23, 2020 David Kring |
2019 Space Frontier Lectures
| Becoming Martian Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Scott Solomon |
| From Here to Mars Thursday, October 17, 2019 John B. Charles |
| The Legacy of JFK and the Apollo Program Thursday, September 12, 2019 Douglas Brinkley. |
| Conversation with NASA Administrator Friday, April 12, 2019 Jim Bridenstine |
| Apollo 50-year Recollections Thursday, April 4, 2019 George Abbey |
| Special Apollo 11th Anniversary Lecture Monday, March 18, 2019 Brian O'Brien. |
| Journey to the Sun Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Nicky Fox |
| Expanding Space: Creating the Next Generation of Space Explorers Thursday, January 31, 2019 Helen Reed. |
2018 Space Frontier Lectures
| Pushing the Extraordinary Thursday, November 15, 2018 Mae Jemison. |
| 50 Years at NASA Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Victor Murray. |
| NASA Technology: For the Benefit of Mankind Tuesday, September 18, 2018 Steven Gonzalez. |
| Inside the Bubble: Earthly Lessons from Life in a Martian Analog Thursday, April 19, 2018 Brian Ramos. |
| Food System Development for the Final Frontier Thursday, March 22, 2018 Grace Douglas |
| Living the Uncommon Life Thursday, March 1, 2018 Leland Melvin |
| 8Expedition – a Docufilm by Alessandra Bonavina ft. Astronaut Paolo Nespoli Friday, February 23, 201 Alessandra Bonavina and Paolo Nespoli. |
| Making Big Miracles Happen Thursday, January 25, 2018 Thomas Zurbuchen |
2017 Space Frontier Lectures
| Voyager at 40: Opening up the Solar System Thursday, November 30, 2017 Paul Schenk |
| Using Shadows to Shed New Light Thursday, October 26, 2017 James Green |
| The Future of Commercial Space Transportation Tuesday, October 3, 2017 George Nield |
| Failure is not an option: Embodying the Credo, ‘We Do This Not Because It Is Easy but Because It Is Hard Tuesday, September 12, 2017 Fred Haise (Apollo 13 astronaut) with special Guest Ellen Ochoa (Director, JSC) In conjunction with the Rice Presidential Lecture Series. |
| Probing the Solar Corona: Close Encounters with the Sun Thursday, March 23, 2017 Holly Gilbert |
| God and Rockets: The Who? What? and Why? of the Space Revolution Thursday, February 23, 2017 Rick Tumlinson |
| Thinking Outside the Sphere: A life in pursuit of Space and Thoughts about the Future Thursday, February 2, 2017 Bonnie Dunbar |
2016 Space Frontier Lectures
| Exploring Human Tolerance for Commercial Space Tourism Wednesday, November 30, 2016 Charles Mather |
| Blurred Lines: Civil, Commercial, and National Security Space Thursday, October 20, 2016 Chirag Parikh |
| NASA’s Journey to Mars and Beyond Thursday, September 7, 2016 Dava Newman |
| The Texas Space Landscape Thursday, March 31, 2016 David Alexander |
| Advancing the Frontiers of Space Science Thursday, February 18, 2016 Laurie Leshin and Jon Morse |
| Are we truly “alone”? The Search for Life in the Universe Thursday, January 21, 2016 Lynn Rothschild |
2015 Space Frontier Lectures
| Revolutionizing Access to Space October 29, 2015 Will Pomerantz |
| Space: The Final Healthcare Frontier October 6, 2015 Dorit Donoviel, Ph.D. |
| 13 Things That Saved Apollo 13 September 3, 201513 Things That Saved Apollo 13 Jerry Woodfill. |
| Pathways to Exploration: Rationales and Approaches for a U.S. Program of Human Space Exploration April 15, 2015 Mary Lynne Dittmar |
| The Hidden Ocean of Europe: Future Exploration and Prospects for Life March 19, 2015 Robert T. Pappalardo |
| Dare to Dream: Travels of a private space explorer February 6, 2015 Anousheh Ansari |
| The Changing Face of Space Economics January 14, 2015 Stuart Martin |
2014 Space Frontier Lectures
| ADRIFT: Does America have a future in space? November 19, 2014 Eric Berger |
| Under Construction: Paving the Road to Space Settlement October 22, 2014 Kellie Gerardi |
| Changing the Culture of Human Spaceflight: How We Returned the Space Shuttle to Flight after Columbia September 11, 2014 Wayne Hale |
| Suspended in a Sunbeam: How the Sun Influences Earth, from Surface to Space April 3, 2014 Judith Lean |
| Servicing the Hubble Space Telescope March 13, 2014 Mike Massimino |
| NewSpace: A Great Innovation Economy Emerges February 27, 2014 Richard M. David |
| NASA 4.0: The Evolution of America’s Human Space Exploration Program February 5, 2014 Mark K. Craig |
2013 Space Frontier Lectures
| Whose fault is it anyway? The policics and policy of commercial space pay to play November 19, 2013 Maria-Vittoria “Giugi” Carminati, JD |
| Techno-Stories from Space September 19, 2013 Donald R. Pettit |
| Reaching for Your Own Special Star March 21, 2013 Alan Bean |
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 |
|
Space Weather: Shaping the Earth’s Space Environment |
| The Adventure and Wonder of Space Research January 20, 2011 Loren Acton, PhD |