NASA Astronaut Remembrance Weekend: Bonnie Dunbar Special Program

In conjunction with NASA’s Day of Remembrance and the Museum’s exhibit The Berlin Airlift-A Legacy of Friendship, the President and CEO of The Museum of Flight and retired NASA Astronaut, Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar will present a special program at the Museum on Feb. 1 at 2 p.m. The lecture is part of “NASA Astronaut Remembrance Weekend” at the Museum. For two days the Museum remembers the fallen astronauts of Apollo 1 and space shuttles STS-51-L Challenger and STS-107 Columbia during the anniversary of the tragedies. The lecture is free with admission to the Museum. For more information, click here.

Author: Luke Timmerman

Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.