BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//mrlib.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:47571435-f006-45a6-9102-baebb30d069c X-WR-CALDESC:Join us for an exhilarating journey through the history of US women astronauts with Valerie Neal\, emerita curator from the Smithsonian' s National Air and Space Museum and expert on human spaceflight.\n\nSally Ride became a household name as the first American woman in space\, but sc ores of equally impressive women have also left their mark in space. On a Mission: The Smithsonian History of US Women Astronauts spans 45 years and 61 astronauts to share the epic journeys of women who made space for them selves in a male-dominated field.\n\nValerie Neal interviewed many of the US women astronauts to bring their experiences to life. She offers a cultu rally insightful history of their achievements\, the challenges they've fa ced\, and their distinctive stories. Collectively\, they've completed more than 100 space shuttle missions\, and more than 30 long-duration stays on the International Space Station and Russian Space Station Mir\, and they continue to prove themselves in present-day space exploration efforts.\n\n The book includes 50 black-and-white photographs to complement the histori cal account. With its sweeping look from the first women astronauts to Chr istina Hammock Koch\, assigned to the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon\, there is no comparably thorough book on America's women astrona uts. On a Mission is an inspiring tribute to unsung women's history.\n\nRe gister now to take part in this inspirational discussion! \n\nAbout the Au thor: Valerie Neal is a space historian and Curator Emerita at the Smithso nian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. Her specialty is huma n spaceflight\, space technology\, and space science in the Space Shuttle era and beyond. At the Museum\, she collected more than 1500 artifacts of the shuttle era\, curated three exhibitions and eight documentary programs for the Smithsonian Channel (cable TV)\, published books and articles gro wing from her research\, lectured in the USA and abroad\, and gave many in terviews for US and international media. \n\nBefore joining the Museum\, s he was a writer and editor for some 25 NASA publications on Space Shuttle and Spacelab missions\, the Hubble Space Telescope and other Great Observa tories\, space science\, and NASA History. She participated in underwater astronaut training in Alabama and mission support in Houston for four Spac e Shuttle missions. She has taught American Studies and writing courses at multiple universities. Valerie Neal holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Ameri can Studies and a B.A. degree in English and History.\n\nThe views express ed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to an y specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recomme ndation by Massanutten Regional Library. X-WR-RELCALID:b9f3694d80d04e2a1bfb88ee06bb19e7 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20261101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20270314T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d33bf02a-8fce-4455-a2d8-eadce6f218a0 DTSTAMP:20260406T102244Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exhilarating journey through the history of US w omen astronauts with Valerie Neal\, emerita curator from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and expert on human spaceflight.\n\nSally R ide became a household name as the first American woman in space\, but sco res of equally impressive women have also left their mark in space. On a M ission: The Smithsonian History of US Women Astronauts spans 45 years and 61 astronauts to share the epic journeys of women who made space for thems elves in a male-dominated field.\n\nValerie Neal interviewed many of the U S women astronauts to bring their experiences to life. She offers a cultur ally insightful history of their achievements\, the challenges they've fac ed\, and their distinctive stories. Collectively\, they've completed more than 100 space shuttle missions\, and more than 30 long-duration stays on the International Space Station and Russian Space Station Mir\, and they c ontinue to prove themselves in present-day space exploration efforts.\n\nT he book includes 50 black-and-white photographs to complement the historic al account. With its sweeping look from the first women astronauts to Chri stina Hammock Koch\, assigned to the first crewed Artemis mission around t he Moon\, there is no comparably thorough book on America's women astronau ts. On a Mission is an inspiring tribute to unsung women's history.\n\nReg ister now to take part in this inspirational discussion! \n\nAbout the Aut hor: Valerie Neal is a space historian and Curator Emerita at the Smithson ian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. Her specialty is human spaceflight\, space technology\, and space science in the Space Shuttle e ra and beyond. At the Museum\, she collected more than 1500 artifacts of t he shuttle era\, curated three exhibitions and eight documentary programs for the Smithsonian Channel (cable TV)\, published books and articles grow ing from her research\, lectured in the USA and abroad\, and gave many int erviews for US and international media. \n\nBefore joining the Museum\, sh e was a writer and editor for some 25 NASA publications on Space Shuttle a nd Spacelab missions\, the Hubble Space Telescope and other Great Observat ories\, space science\, and NASA History. She participated in underwater a stronaut training in Alabama and mission support in Houston for four Space Shuttle missions. She has taught American Studies and writing courses at multiple universities. Valerie Neal holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Americ an Studies and a B.A. degree in English and History.\n\nThe views expresse d by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not i mply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommen dation by Massanutten Regional Library. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T150000 LOCATION:https://libraryc.org/mrlib/145643 SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Valerie Neal END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR