Supreme Court Justice sonya sotomayor. [applause] kathryn fitz. [applause] and Supreme Court publications director. Claire kurtzman. [applause] it is now my privilege to introduce the Board Certified cardiologist, jazz musician, and former president of Cornell University and university of iowa. He is interested in learning and most importantly, it he is a pescatarian. Thank you for the introduction and thank you on behalf of the American People for the great job you do. So innovative and creative. This is an amazing museum. [applause] and especially in such an interesting election year, we appreciate all you and your colleagues are doing to share so many aspects of america. Esteemed colleagues and friends, welcome to this unique opportunity to find out more about the highest court in the landing and how its members have worked together. The Supreme Court and the smithsonian have long had close ties. Since the 19 century, the chief justice is served as the smithsonian board of regents.
I would like also for you to recognize our genocide and to bring every single one from the Islamic State whether a leader, middle or a soldiers, to bring everyone who committed these crimes to justice. We would love to see that. Again, thank you very much mr. Chairman, i dont have any more questions. But i just would like certainly to thank all of you. And one of the Key Takeaways for me here is we talk a lot about the golden rule, treating other people the way we want to be treated. We both have children. Our children are out of school. Out into the world. But the schools that they went to, there was bullying. There was bullying. And in some cases i remember as a parent was aware of some bullying that was going on actually going to the school and speaking out against it and trying to make sure that did not persist. And i think we were successful. But i applaud folks of the islamic faith. I really applaud those who are speaking up. In some cases at risk, at real risk to your personal s
American history and unique and unusual ways. We are honored to be joined tonight by our panel. Supreme Court Justice ruth bader ginsburg. [applause] supreme Court Justice sonya sotomayor. [applause] kathryn fitz. [applause] and Supreme Court publications director, kyra cushman. [applause] it is now my privilege to introduce the 13th secretary of the institution. He is a certified radiologist jazz musician, and former , president of Cornell University and university of iowa. He has interest in learning as wide as the smithsonian, and, most importantly tonight, he is a pescatarian. [applause] thank you for the introduction, and thank you on behalf of the American People for the great job you do. So innovative and creative at this amazing museum. [applause] especially in such an interesting election year, we appreciate all you and your colleagues are doing to share so many aspects of the story of america, and inspire us with that story. Esteemed colleagues and friends, welcome to this un
Washingtons dulles airport. Well see the airplanes that have carried americans aloft from the earliest days of the 20th century. Hi. May name is tom crouch. I am the senior curator of aeronautics at the national air around space museum. And we are here this morning at the national air and space museum Housing Center. This is the place where our museum keeps all of its largest objects and some pretty darn spectacular things when you come right down to it. We are standing almost in front of one of my favorite machines. Its the 1903 langley airplane. Aerodrone, as he called it. Samuel langley was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. From the mid 1880s until the time of his death in 1906. He was sort of a selftaught astronomer. He was the founder of the Smithsonian Astro physical observatory and he founded the zoo and some of the museums we have today. But he was really fascinated, and had been since childhood, by the idea of flight. And in the late 1880s, he decided to begi
These were . They were just kind of glorified canisters. They were little capsules. Or they may say, wow. People really went to space. I wonder why they quit. We dont know what the future is going to hold yet, but these artifacts certainly speak to the past and may provoke thought among people in the future. Watch american artifacts every sunday here on cspan3s American History tv. To see this and similar programs, visit our website, cspan. Org history. 35 years ago on april 12th, 1981, Space Shuttle columbia lifted off from the Kennedy Space center in florida with two crew members onboard. Launching a new era in manned space flight. Next on reel america, Space Shuttle, a remarkable flying machine. A 30minute nasa documentary on the story of the inaugural twoday mission. 22 years later, after 28 missions, Space Shuttle columbia and their sevenmember crew were lost when the craft disintegrated on reentry on february 1st of 2003. The Shuttle Program was retired in 2011. Sunday, april 12t