Oct 11, 2026
Vanessa Wyche is the Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, the hub for U.S. human spaceflight, overseeing everything from International Space Station operations and astronaut training to the development of spacecraft and spacesuits for the Artemis moon program. She holds a B.S. in Materials Engineering...
Aug 16, 2026
Dr. Cindy Van Dover is a pioneering deep-sea biologist and explorer whose career took her to some of the most extreme habitats on Earth. In 1990 she became the 49th person — and first woman — certified to pilot the deep-submergence vehicle Alvin, ultimately logging nearly 100 dives to the ocean floor, a mile and a...
Jul 26, 2026
Hilary Hahn is a three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist widely recognized as one of the greatest violinists of her generation. Since beginning violin at age four in Baltimore, she has built a career as a touring soloist, chamber musician, and teacher, performing with the world's leading orchestras and conductors. In...