Tellus Lecture Series

Tellus offers great speakers and events on topics ranging from astronomy to paleontology. Below is a list of the upcoming speakers for 2011.

All lectures are free for members and included in the cost of museum admission for non-members. Galleries will remain open until 9 PM.

Upcoming Lectures

"Tweet me up NASA" with Joe Schulman
Friday, March 2
7 PM
Director of Marketing Joe Schulman was invited by NASA to a special tweetup to view the November launch of rocket carrying the Mars Rover Curiosity. A tweetup is a gathering of Twitter users who use the social media site to report on what they are doing. The November tweetup featured people from all over the world. Joe toured Kennedy Space Center and tweeted about his experiences and the launch. See behind-the-scenes photos of Kennedy Space Center and learn all about his unique trip to see a historic rocket launch.

"A Night on Astronomy"
Thursday, April 12
7 PM
Charles Scovil
Officially retired in 1988, and currently employed in an honorary position, Charles Scovil served for 45 years as the Curator of Stamford Observatory and Stamford Museum & Nature Center.  He runs a weekly public open house night at the Observatory.  His work includes: research in the field of Variable Stars, drafting star charts for their study, photographing star fields, observing stars. He is also the author of two atlases of star charts; one hand-drafted, (The AAVSO Variable Star Atlas) and one photographic, (True Visual Magnitude Photographic Star Atlas, Vol 3, with Christos Papadopoulos). Come and meet this highly esteemed astronomer!

"Experiences with the Hubble Telescope"
Friday, May 11
7 PM
Story Musgravemusgrave
Story Musgrave was a NASA astronaut for over 30 years and flew on six space missions. He performed the first shuttle spacewalk on Challenger’s first flight, was a pilot on an astronomy mission, conducted two classified Department of Defense missions, was the lead spacewalker on the Hubble Telescope repair mission, and on his last flight, he operated an electronic chip manufacturing satellite on Columbia. Musgrave will tell an evocative and compelling story of his experiences including his three space walks to repair the Hubble.