Feb. 5 panel discussion with six distinguished African-American aerospace professionals
NASA Administrator and former astronaut Charles Bolden, Jr. will be one of five panelists in the Museum’s Black History Month Lecture on Feb. 5. The panelists span a range of flight experience from World War II fighters and modern military jets, to the airlines and spaceflight. The program is at 2 p.m., and free with admission to the Museum. An audience question and answer session follows the discussion.
Panelists joining retired U.S. Marine Corps Maj. General Bolden include former Tuskegee Airman Ed Drummond; Lt. Col. Kimberly Scott, an Alaska Airlines pilot and U.S. Air Force Reserve C-17 pilot for the 728th Airlift Squadron; Lt. Col. Rod Lewis, commander of the C-17 squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash; and Alaska Airlines Capt. Michael Swanigan. U.S. Air Force Deputy Inspector General Maj. Gen. Harold “Mitch” Mitchell will moderate the discussion. Museum visitors are encouraged to meet the panelists after the program.
For more information about NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, please see:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bolden-cf.html
Image: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. NASA photo.
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