Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Ellen Stofan, Director of the National Air and Space Museum
The daughter of a rocket scientist, Ellen Stofan was four when she saw her first rocket launch. Unlike some children, she never outgrew her childhood fascination with outer space. As an adult, she set off in her father’s footsteps and never looked back, becoming NASA’s chief scientist in 2013. Now, she heads the National Air and Space Museum where she once interned at as as a college student. Kojo speaks with Stofan on her move from the space agency to a Smithsonian museum, and her vision for the institution.
Guests
- Ellen Stofan Director, National Air and Space Museum; @EllenStofan
Photos of the National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum's flagship building in Washington D.C., as seen from the National Mall.
The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum Building on the National Mall.
The Apollo Lunar Module displayed as a centerpiece below the “Spirit of St. Louis” in the newly renovated Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall.
Mars Day! is an annual National Air and Space Museum event that celebrates the Red Planet with a variety of educational and fun family activities. Visitors learn about current and future missions and have the opportunity to talk to scientists from the museum's Center for Earth and Planetary Science that are active in Mars research.
The Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.
The space shuttle Discovery is the centerpiece of the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
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