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Museum Guild Meeting: Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars
April 18, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
FreeJoin the Museum Guild for a program on Eileen Collins, the first American woman to command a space mission, presented by Jonathan H. Ward, a Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society and a Viking Resident Astronomer. Ward has written four books on the space program in the last eight years.
Collins, a retired NASA astronaut and US Air Force colonel, has written a memoir with Ward titled Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission. Copies will be available for sale.
Refreshments will not be served; masks are optional, and the lecture hall will accommodate social distancing.
Members of the Guild, the Museum and the public are invited to attend. If you have questions, please call Gayle Fripp (336-601-6191).