How did children and youth in the early space age respond to the dawn of human space travel? How did the flights of early cosmonauts and astronauts impact young people’s senses of self and life possibilities? Join Dr. Roshanna P. Sylvester for an exploration of similarities and differences in letters written by Soviet and American young people to pioneering spacefarers Yuri Gagarin, John Glenn, and Valentina Tereshkova. Lunch provided.