jeremy kinney is joining us. talk about the spirit of st. louis and some interesting things you found over the last year or so. >> the spirit of st. louis is a true milestone of flight. the epic trans atlantic flight and it's been a significant artifact of the smithsonian and national air and space museum since the building opened in 1976. this opportunity to redo this gallery, looking at this airplane and seeing the elements left by the people who made the airlines in san diego, the actual flags from the tours and europe as well as latin america and squadron markings of those units, you see these people are making this contact with lindberg and being part of this great story. >> you show us some of the artifacts on display. your own background, why are you so interested in this area? >> growing up it was all about old airplanes and found opportunities to study history and aviation history. and it was just a passion that i had i was able to cultivate and grow and work hard and ended up at the smithsonian. >> i'm going to ask you an impossibl

our guest here is jeremy kinney, the curator. we're coming to you today because of the importance of today 40 years ago. >> the opening of the national air and space museum on the mall. this is the first time that a major museum has been dedicated to the story of air and space. it's an immensely popular activity for people visiting to come to the air and space museum. >> do you have a favorite exhibit? >> probably the one i'm most currently working on. the pioneers of flight gallery, my favorite because of the curtis r3c object. but i'm working on the new speed gallery opening in a few years as part of our transformation. >> we can't see it right now but behind me is some early computer technology, i say early, 1960s, early 1970s as they're trying to intercept some of the technology from space by russia. and it's just fascinating because it's a big bulky computer. we've grown and changed. that is part of the story of aviation as well, isn't it? >> yes, collecting data. there's always a race. there was a race in the 1920s and '30s

. >> jeremy kinney, thanks very much for your time. happy 40th birthday. >> thank you very much. >> it's more than aviation and space exploration, from moon to mars as we continue our tour inside this museum. >> we'll start our tour right here with the lunar module, the icon for the landing on the moon in july 1969. it has a companion space craft, the apollo command module. and the command module, its service module and lunar module together carried three astronauts, neil armstrong, buzz aldren and michael collins to the moon. the command module very significantly also brought them back safely. this lunar module is an actual lunar module that never flew in space. it's lunar module two. it was intended to be used in an earth orbital test flight but the test was canceled as unnecessary. so nasa transferred this lunar module to the national air and space museum. it consists of two parts, the base, which has the legs, and the rocket engine in it and then oddly shaped top, which is the crew module or crew cabin, and this was attached to the

kind aviation space artifacts and speak with the museum's director, and talk with museum curator jeremy kinney and valerie neal. you can join the conversation as we'll take your phone calls, e-mails and tweets. saturday night at 8:00 on lectures in history. >>> joy howell increasingly focused on her position as a mother, which was driving her support for suffrage, her position as a mother to say that women are different than men, that women really can do society better than men have done. >> boston college professor heather cox richardson on the new roles women assumed in the workforce and politics during the late 19th century and the growth of political organizations run by women that focused on issues like prohibition and women's suffrage. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind, the 1968 republican and democratic national conventions. >> resolute, without being bellicose, strong, w

our guest here is jeremy kinney, the curator. we're coming to you today because of the importance of today 40 years ago. >> the opening of the national air and space museum on the mall. this is the first time that a major museum has been dedicated to the story of air and space. it's an immensely popular activity i for people visiting to come to the air and space museum. >> do you have a favorite exhibit? >> probably the one i'm most currently working on. the pioneers of flight gallery, my favorite because of the curtis r 3 c object. but i'm working on the new speed gallery opening in a few years as part of our transformation. >> we can't see it right now but behind me is some early computer technology, i say early, 1960s, early 1970s as they're trying to intercept some of the technology from space by russia. and it's just fascinating because it's a big bulky computer. we've grown and changed. that is part of the story of aviation as well sb isn't it? >> yes, collecting data. there's always a race. there was a race in the 1920s an

we will also speak with jeremy kitty -- kinney. and you can join the conversation as we will be taking your phone calls, e-mails and tweets. saturday night at 8:00 p.m. >> she was focused on her position as a mother. her position as a mother to say that women are different than men, but women can really do society better. >> boston college professor on the new role of women in politics during the late 19th century. and the growth of political organizations run by women that focus on probation and women's suffrage. sunday morning at 10:00, the 1968 republican and democratic national conventions. , strong, without being arrogant. that is the kind of america that will help build the peace of this world. tothe time has come for us leave the value of -- valley of despair and climb the mountain, so we may see the glory of the don. for peace and freedom in the world. >> former vice president richard nixon accepted the nomination. and hubert humphrey accepted the democratic nomination in chicago. and on monday evening, the supreme court ju

kind aviation space artifacts and speak with the museum's director, and talk with museum curator jeremy kinney and valerie neal. you can join the conversation as we'll take your phone calls, e-mails and tweets. saturday night at 8:00 on lectures in history. >>> joy howell increasingly focused on her position as a mother, which was driving her support for suffrage, her position as a mother to say that women are different than men, that women really can do society better than men have done. >> boston college professor heather cox richardson on the new roles women assumed in the workforce and politics during the late 19th century and the growth of political organizations run by women that focused on issues like prohibition and women's suffrage. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind, the 1968 republican and democratic national conventions. >> resolute, without being bellicose, strong, without being arrogant. and that's the kind of an america that will help build the peace of this world. >> the time has come for us to leave the valley of despair and climb the mountain so that we