| DATE | FIRST | LAST | INSTITUTE | TITLE
- Through end of Spring 2007 series * - Lindsay Lecturer, & Nordberg Lecturer, # Bahcall Lecturer |
| 9/17/1965 | Robert | Roper | GSFC & Australia | Atmospheric Motions as Determined from Radio Meteor Trails |
| 9/24/1965 | A. G. W. | Cameron | GISS | X-Ray Astronomy |
| 10/1/1965 | Thomas L. | Cline | GSFC | Cosmic Ray Electrons |
| 10/8/1965 | Paul D. | Lowman | GSFC | Terrain Photography from Gemini Spacecraft |
| 10/8/1965 | James A. | McDivitt | Manned Spacecraft C | Terrain Photography from Gemini Spacecraft |
| 10/15/1965 | John | Strong | Johns Hopkins | Planetary Observations from Balloons |
| 10/22/1965 | V. L. | Ginzburg | USSR-Lebedev | The Origin of Cosmic Rays |
| 10/22/1965 | James W. | Warwick | Boulder-UC | Nonthermal Radio Emission from Jupiter |
| 10/29/1965 | William W. | Kellogg | Boulder-NCAR | Physics, Chemistry and Dynamics of the Atmosphere |
| 11/5/1965 | S. Ichtiaque | Rasool | GISS | The Atmosphere of Mars - Recent Findings |
| 11/12/1965 | Homer | Newell | NASA HQ | Some Thoughts on the Future of the Space Program |
| 11/19/1965 | Paul | Kellogg | Minnesota | The Nature of the Magnetospheric Boundary and Shock Transition |
| 12/3/1965 | Raymond | Lyttleton | UK-Cambridge | The Nature and Origin of Comets |
| 12/10/1965 | Sidney | Pestka | NIH | Biological Coding |
| 12/17/1965 | Leo | Goldberg | Harvard | The Accomplishments and Future Prospects of Space Solar Physics |
| 1/7/1966 | Eugene N. | Parker | Chicago | The Galactic Halo and Cosmic Rays |
| 1/14/1966 | Harry E. | Petschek | Avco-Everett | Whistler Waves and a Limit on Stably Trapped Particles |
| 1/21/1966 | Elliott | Montroll | Maryland | Mathematical Models in Biological and Behavioral Problems |
| 1/28/1966 | William | Markowitz | USNO | Relativity Tests by Precise Timing & Experiments in Radio Astron. |
| 2/4/1966 | Luigi | Jacchia | Harvard-SAO | Density Variations in the Heterosphere |
| 2/11/1966 | Robert | Bourdeau | GSFC | The Earth's Ionosphere |
| 2/18/1966 | Philip H. | Abelson | Carnegie-GL | Origin of Life in the Solar System |
| 2/25/1966 | Edward | Teller | UC-Davis-Livermore | Scientific Experiments in Space |
| 3/4/1966 | Walter M. | Elsasser | Princeton | Convective Mechanisms in the Earth's Mantle |
| 3/11/1966 | Norwood R. | Hanson | Yale | Aerodynamics as a Scientific Theory |
| 3/18/1966 | Joseph | Smagorinsky | ESSA | Theoretical Modeling of the Atmosphere's General Circulation |
| 3/25/1966 | Robert A. | Helliwell | Stanford | Whistlers and Very Low Frequency Emissions in the Magnetosphere |
| 4/1/1966 | Robert H. | Dicke | Princeton | Gravitation and Space Science |
| 4/8/1966 | Jacques E. | Blamont | France-NCSR | Dynamics of the Lower Ionosphere |
| 4/15/1966 | John W. | Tukey | Princeton | Uses of Numerical Spectrum Analysis in Geophysics |
| 4/29/1966 | Philip | Morrison | MIT | The Output of a Supernova |
| 5/6/1966 | Wilmot N. | Hess | GSFC | Origin of the Radiation Belts |
| 5/13/1966 | Sydney | Chapman | Boulder-HAO | Auroral Morphology and Magnetic Storms |
| 5/20/1966 | Amasa S. | Bishop | AEC | Roadblocks in the Path of Controlled Fusion |
| 5/27/1966 | Gordon H. | Pettengill | MIT | Recent Radar Results: Rotation & Surface Features of Inner Planets |
| 6/3/1966 | John A. | O'Keefe | GSFC | Physical Processes on the Surface of the Moon |
| 9/9/1966 | John F. | Clark | GSFC | Scientific Research at Goddard: Views and Discussions |
| 9/16/1966 | Robert | Adair | Yale | Quarks |
| 9/23/1966 | Russel | Von Eshleman | Stanford | Bistatic Radar Astronomy |
| 9/30/1966 | Richard M. | Goody | Harvard | Dynamical Novelties on the Atmospheres of Mars and Venus |
| 10/7/1966 | Leonard I. | Schiff | Stanford | The Experimental Basis of General Relativity |
| 10/14/1966 | Francis S. | Johnson | Dallas-SCAS | The Structure of the Lower Thermosphere |
| 10/21/1966 | Leverett | Davis | Caltech | The Interplanetary Medium |
| 10/28/1966 | Bruno | Rossi* | MIT | Recent Results of X-Ray Astronomy |
| 11/4/1966 | Joanne | Simpson | ESSA | Experiments on Tropical Hurricanes |
| 11/4/1966 | Robert H. | Simpson | ESSA | Experiments on Tropical Hurricanes |
| 11/18/1966 | Donald | Beattie | NASA HQ | Post-Apollo Lunar Exploration |
| 12/2/1966 | William M. | Kaula | UC-Los Angeles | The Gravity Field of the Moon |
| 12/9/1966 | George | Herbig | Lick | T Tauri Stars: Whence They Come, Whither They Go |
| 12/16/1966 | W. D. | McElroy | Johns Hopkins | Bioluminescence |
| 1/6/1967 | J. Allen | Hynek | Northwestern | Unusual Aerial Phenomena |
| 1/13/1967 | Fritz | Zwicky | Caltech | Morphology of Extra-Galactic Research |
| 1/20/1967 | Satio | Hayakawa | Japan-Nagoya | Infrared Observations of the Moon |
| 1/27/1967 | Isidore | Adler | GSFC | Scientific Lunar Exploration--Wherefore and Where To? |
| 2/3/1967 | Harry | Blum | AFCRL | Processes in Perception |
| 2/10/1967 | Rudolf A. | Hanel | GSFC | Remote Sensing of Planetary Atmospheres |
| 2/17/1967 | Peter | Meyer | Chicago | Cosmic Ray Electrons |
| 2/24/1967 | Robert | Jastrow | GISS | Advances in Infrared Astronomy |
| 3/3/1967 | Henry | Margenau | Yale | A Message of Modern Physics to Philosophers |
| 3/10/1967 | Donald E. | Osterbrock | Wisconsin | Gaseous Nebulae |
| 3/17/1967 | Richard W. | Hamming | Bell Labs | The Computer as an Experimental Tool |
| 3/24/1967 | Frederick | Snyder | NIH | Recent Developments in the Investigation of Sleep |
| 3/31/1967 | Norman F. | Ness | GSFC | Solar Wind and Planetary Magnetic Fields |
| 4/7/1967 | Colin O. | Hines | Chicago | Gravity Waves in the Ionosphere |
| 4/14/1967 | Edward P. | Ney | Minnesota | The Optical Environment of the Earth |
| 4/21/1967 | Raymond | Hide | MIT | The Planet Jupiter |
| 4/28/1967 | Patrick | Thaddeus | GISS | The Primordial Fireball |
| 5/5/1967 | Yakir | Aharonov | Yeshiva, NY | Superselection Rules |
| 5/12/1967 | Bart J. | Bok | Arizona | The Spiral Structure of Our Galaxy |
| 5/19/1967 | Wernher | Von Braun | Marshall SF Ctr. | Antarctica as a Lunar Logistics Laboratory |
| 5/26/1967 | Donald E. | Gault | Ames Research Ctr. | Evolution of the Cratered Lunar Surface |
| 6/2/1967 | Carl E. | Fichtel | GSFC | Gamma Ray Astronomy |
| 6/9/1967 | H.C. | Van de Hulst* | Netherl.-Leiden | Interstellar Magnetic Fields |
| 9/15/1967 | Stanley | Corrsin | Johns Hopkins | The Nature of Turbulent Flow |
| 9/22/1967 | Rocco S. | Narcisi | AFCRL | The Ionospheric D and E Regions |
| 9/27/1967 | Arnold | Stokes | Georgetown | Non-Linear Diff'l Equations: Effect of Computers on Modern Math |
| 10/4/1967 | M. | Minnaert | Netherl.-Utrecht | The Spectrum of the Solar Photosphere: Aims and Problems |
| 10/6/1967 | Alex | Klimas | ARA-Princeton | The Crab Nebula |
| 10/13/1967 | John A. | O'Keefe | GSFC | The Moon and Its Environment |
| 10/20/1967 | Louis J. | Battan | Arizona | Weather Modification: Past and Present |
| 10/27/1967 | Maurice | Shapiro | NRL | The "Age" of Cosmic Rays |
| 11/3/1967 | Glenn T. | Seaborg | AEC | New Outlook for the Transuranium Elements |
| 11/17/1967 | Thomas | Matthews | Maryland | Quasars |
| 12/1/1967 | William | Nordberg | GSFC | Meteorology from Space |
| 12/8/1967 | John W. | Findlay | NRAO-Greenbank | Scientific Objectives of Post-Apollo Lunar and Planetary Programs |
| 12/15/1967 | Harold S. | Zapolsky | Maryland | Astronomical Tests of General Relativity |
| 1/5/1968 | Peter | Goldreich | Caltech | Spin-Orbit Coupling in the Solar System |
| 1/12/1968 | Neil M. | Brice | Cornell | Magnetospheric Substorms, Van Allen Radiation, & the Polar Aurora |
| 1/19/1968 | John R. | Platt | Michigan | Images and Goals for the Technological Future |
| 1/26/1968 | John C. | Lilly | Comm.Res.Inst-Fla | Dolphins and Communication |
| 2/2/1968 | James H. | Trainor | GSFC | The Galactic Jupiter Probe |
| 2/9/1968 | Michael J. S. | Belton | KPNO | Clouds on Venus |
| 2/16/1968 | Robert C. | Bless | Wisconsin | Ultraviolet Stellar Astronomy |
| 2/23/1968 | Neil R. | Sheeley,Jr. | KPNO | Observations of the Solar Magnetic Field |
| 2/28/1968 | Frederick | Reines | UC-Irvine | Neutrinos Under Ground |
| 3/1/1968 | Alan H. | Barrett | MIT | Masers & Mysterium--Observations of Interstellar Hydroxyl Radicals |
| 3/8/1968 | Lawrence S. | Kubie | Maryland-Baltimore | Psychoanalysis as Science |
| 3/15/1968 | Edward | Anders | Chicago | Ages, Orbits, and Origin of Meteorites |
| 3/22/1968 | Gifford C. | Ewing | Woods Hole | The Upper Thirty Meters of the Ocean |
| 3/29/1968 | George B. | Field | UC-Berkeley | Molecular Astronomy |
| 4/3/1968 | Jack | Green | Douglas Aircraft | Lunar Volcanology |
| 4/5/1968 | E. Margaret | Burbidge | UC-San Diego | The Spectra of Quasi-Stellar Objects |
| 4/19/1968 | Anthony J. | Wiener | Hudson Inst., NY | Technology and Society in the Year 2000 |
| 4/26/1968 | Solomon W. | Golomb | USC | Geometric Concepts in Coding Theory |
| 5/3/1968 | Sidney | Hersh | Navy | The Navy's Deep Submergence Systems Project |
| 5/10/1968 | Eugene | Wescott | GSFC | Magnetospheric Dynamics |
| 5/17/1968 | Franklin E. | Roach | ESSA | Airglow-Ionosphere Interactions in the Tropics |
| 5/24/1968 | Edward A. | Spiegel | NYU | Jets in Galaxies |
| 6/7/1968 | Eugene N. | Parker* | Chicago | Dynamics of Magnetic Fields & Cosmic Rays: Effect on Gal. Evolut'n |
| 9/20/1968 | George W. | Clark | MIT | Observations of Galactic Gamma Rays on OSO-III |
| 9/27/1968 | Frank D. | Drake | Cornell | Pulsars |
| 10/4/1968 | Wallace S. | Broecker | Columbia-Lamont | Glacial Cycles and Their Causes |
| 10/11/1968 | S. M. | Ulam | Boulder-UC | Computations on Many Bodies and Continuous Gravitating Systems |
| 10/18/1968 | John A. | Simpson | Chicago | Particle Astronomy and the Origin of Cosmic Rays |
| 10/25/1968 | Gordon A. | Newkirk,Jr. | Boulder-HAO | The Solar Corona |
| 11/1/1968 | Peter G. | Bergmann | Syracuse | Theories of Gravitation |
| 11/8/1968 | Bertram | Donn | GSFC | Interstellar Organic Molecules and Their Evolutionary Implications |
| 11/15/1968 | Marvin L. | Minsky | MIT | Experiments with Artificial Intelligence |
| 11/22/1968 | Reginald E. | Newell | MIT | The Circulation of the Upper Atmosphere |
| 12/6/1968 | Jesse L. | Greenstein | Princeton-IAS | Spectra of Supernova |
| 12/13/1968 | John | Ceraso | Rutgers | The Interference Theory of Forgetting |
| 1/10/1969 | Allan V. | Cox | Stanford | Sea Floor Spreading and the Magnetic History of the Earth |
| 1/17/1969 | P. R. | Bell | Manned Spacecraft C | Evidence for Water on the Moon |
| 1/24/1969 | Richard N. | Thomas | Boulder-UC, NBS | Solar and Stellar Chromospheres |
| 1/31/1969 | Joseph | Weber | Maryland | Gravitational Radiation Experiments |
| 2/7/1969 | Cyril A. | Ponnamperuma | Ames Research Ctr. | Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life |
| 2/14/1969 | William A. | Fowler | Caltech | New Light on an Old Subject: the Origin of the Elements |
| 2/28/1969 | Matthew P. | Thekaekara | GSFC | Direct Measurements of Solar Energy from an Aircraft |
| 3/7/1969 | Francis D. | Moore | Harvard | The Effect of Acute Stress on Body Composition |
| 3/14/1969 | Russell J. | Donnelly | Oregon | Liquid Helium II |
| 3/21/1969 | Morton S. | Roberts | NRAO-Greenbank | Properties of Normal Galaxies |
| 3/28/1969 | Gerald J. | Wasserburg | Caltech | Times of Formation of Plan. Objects/Early History of Solar System |
| 4/11/1969 | Preston E. | Cloud,Jr. | UC-Santa Barbara | The Primitive Earth |
| 4/18/1969 | Zdenek | Kopal | UK-Manchester | Erosion Processes on the Lunar Surface |
| 5/2/1969 | Robert L. | Sinsheimer | Caltech | Bacterial Virus Reproduction |
| 5/9/1969 | Arthur D. | Code | Wisconsin | Results from the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-2) |
| 5/9/1969 | Robert J. | Davis | Harvard-SAO | Results from the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-2) |
| 5/9/1969 | Joseph D. | Purcell | GSFC | Results from the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-2) |
| 5/16/1969 | Robert G. | Stone | GSFC | The Radio Explorer Satellite |
| 5/23/1969 | Ali | Javan | MIT | Lasers |
| 6/6/1969 | Bengt | Stromgren* | Denmark-Copenhagen | Some Modern Results of Stellar and Galactic Astronomy |
| 9/12/1969 | John A. | O'Keefe | GSFC | Lunar Science After Apollo 11 |
| 9/19/1969 | Patrick M. | Hurley | MIT | Continental Drift |
| 9/26/1969 | Gart | Westerhout | Maryland | The Spiral Structure of Our Galaxy |
| 10/3/1969 | William L. | Donn | Columbia-Lamont | Theory of Ice Ages |
| 10/10/1969 | Paul M. | Muller | JPL | Mascons on the Moon |
| 10/17/1969 | Barry | Commoner | Wash.U.-St.Louis | Pollution of the Environment |
| 10/24/1969 | Sidney | Bowhill | Illinois | The Chemistry of the Lower Ionosphere |
| 10/31/1969 | Sidney W. | Fox | U.Miami-CoralGables | Experimental Explanation of the First Cells on Earth |
| 11/5/1969 | Robert B. | Leighton | Caltech | The Mariner 6 and 7 Television Experiment |
| 11/7/1969 | Frank B. | McDonald | GSFC | Galactic and Solar Cosmic Rays |
| 11/14/1969 | Carl | Sagan | Cornell | Recent Studies of the Planet Mars |
| 12/5/1969 | Richard S. | Fiske | USGS | Anatomy of an Active Volcano |
| 12/12/1969 | W. Ian | Axford | UC-San Diego | The Polar Wind |
| 12/19/1969 | Philip | Morrison | MIT | X-Rays and Cosmic Rays Between the Galaxies |
| 1/9/1970 | Evry | Schatzman | France-Paris | Turbulent Diffusion in Stars |
| 1/16/1970 | Leon | Knopoff | UC-Los Angeles | The Upper Mantle of the Earth: Kinematics and Dynamics |
| 1/23/1970 | Kenneth I. | Greisen | Cornell | Origin of the Background Cosmic Gamma Radiation |
| 1/30/1970 | Ralph E. | Lapp | Quadri-Science,Inc. | The SALT Talks and Strategic Weapons Development |
| 2/6/1970 | Isidore | Adler | GSFC | Summary of the Apollo 11 Lunar Sample Analyses |
| 2/6/1970 | John A. | Philpotts | GSFC | Summary of the Apollo 11 Lunar Sample Analyses |
| 2/6/1970 | Nicholas M. | Short | GSFC | Summary of the Apollo 11 Lunar Sample Analyses |
| 2/13/1970 | Richard S. | Lindzen | Chicago | The Quasi-Biennial Oscillation of the Earth's Atmosphere |
| 2/20/1970 | Vincent J. | Oliver | NOAA | Weather Forecasting with Satellites |
| 2/27/1970 | John A. | Eddy | Boulder-HAO | Total Solar Eclipses |
| 3/6/1970 | Willard F. | Libby | UC-Los Angeles | Space Chemistry |
| 3/13/1970 | Daniel B. | Drachman | Johns Hopkins | The Role of the Nerve in Muscle Atrophy |
| 3/18/1970 | Gilbert B. | Levin | Biospherics,Inc. | Detection of Extraterrestrial Life |
| 3/20/1970 | Robert R. | Meier | NRL | Geocoronal Hydrogen Airglow |
| 4/3/1970 | John V. | Evans | MIT | Radar Studies of Mars and Venus |
| 4/10/1970 | Lawrence H. | Aller | UC-Los Angeles | Planetary Nebulae |
| 4/17/1970 | John W. | Fowler | Maryland | Teaching Science to Nonscience College Students |
| 5/8/1970 | Peter H. | Fowler | UK-Bristol | Heavy Elements in Cosmic Rays |
| 5/15/1970 | Reid A. | Bryson | Wisconsin | Our Changing Climate |
| 5/22/1970 | Robert O. | Piland | Manned Spacecraft C | Remote Sensing of Earth Resources from Aircraft and Satellites |
| 6/5/1970 | Harold C. | Urey* | UC-San Diego | Is the Moon Older Than the Earth? |
| 9/18/1970 | George F. | Pieper | GSFC | Priorities in Space Science and Applications |
| 9/25/1970 | Verner E. | Suomi | Wisconsin | The Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) |
| 10/2/1970 | Frank C. | Jones | GSFC | The Rise and Fall of Galactic Cosmic Rays |
| 10/9/1970 | Harlan J. | Smith | Texas | The Planet Jupiter |
| 10/16/1970 | Robert A. | Helliwell | Stanford | Whistlers and the Plasmasphere |
| 10/23/1970 | Frank J. | Low | Arizona | Infrared Astronomy |
| 10/30/1970 | Gerald | Feinberg | Columbia | The Prometheus Project |
| 11/6/1970 | Walter | Sullivan | New York Times | Communicating Science to the Public |
| 11/13/1970 | Sidney | Cohen | NIH | Drug Abuse: Recent Developments |
| 11/20/1970 | Robert N. | Colwell | UC-Berkeley | The Scientific Basis for Remotely Sensing Earth Resources |
| 12/4/1970 | Lewis M. | Branscomb | NBS | A National Policy for Applied Science |
| 12/11/1970 | Sidney R. | Coleman | Harvard | Recent Developments in Particle Physics |
| 1/8/1971 | Harvey H. | Hubbard | Langley Res. Ctr. | Recent Results on Sonic Boom Research |
| 1/15/1971 | Stirling A. | Colgate | New Mexico-IM&T | Cosmic Rays and Supernovae |
| 1/22/1971 | Julius | London | Boulder-UC | The Radiation Budget of the Planet Earth |
| 1/29/1971 | Harold | Zirin | Caltech | Solar Flares |
| 2/5/1971 | Karl K. | Turekian | Yale | An Ocean for the Earth |
| 2/12/1971 | Robert M. | Walker | Wash.U.-St.Louis | Rocks as Particle Detectors |
| 2/19/1971 | Stanley J. | Brodsky | Stanford | The Present and Future State of Quantum Electrodynamics |
| 2/26/1971 | Martin A. | Uman | Westinghouse | Lightning |
| 3/5/1971 | P. James E. | Peebles | Princeton | Galaxies--The Challenge and the Opportunity for Cosmology |
| 3/12/1971 | Bernard F. | Burke | MIT | Long-Baseline Interferometry |
| 3/19/1971 | George O. | Abell | UC-Los Angeles | Critical Discussion of the Extra-Galactic Distance Scale |
| 3/26/1971 | Gerard P. | Kuiper | Arizona | Planetary Atmospheres and Clouds |
| 4/2/1971 | Elizabeth | Roemer | Arizona | Comets--Samples of the Primeval? |
| 4/23/1971 | Carl S. | Benson | Alaska | Polar Glaciology and Ice Fog |
| 4/30/1971 | Halton C. | Arp | Hale Obs. | Quasars, Galaxies and Redshifts |
| 5/7/1971 | Eugene M. | Shoemaker | Caltech | Geology of the Moon |
| 5/14/1971 | Gary V. | Latham | Columbia | Results from Apollo Seismic Experiments--Implications |
| 5/21/1971 | Wilmot N. | Hess | NOAA-Boulder | Weather Modification |
| 5/28/1971 | Richard M. | Goody | Harvard | The Lower Atmosphere of Venus |
| 6/4/1971 | Leo | Goldberg* | Harvard | Space Astronomy |
| 9/17/1971 | Wernher | Von Braun | NASA HQ | The Scientific Objectives of the Skylab and Space Shuttle Programs |
| 9/24/1971 | R. Grant | Athay | Boulder-HAO | Recent Developments in Solar Atmospheric Physics |
| 10/1/1971 | Mark | Kac | Rockefeller U. | The Nature of Statistical Thinking |
| 10/5/1971 | L. S. B. | Leakey | Kenya-Nairobi | Man's Evolution in Africa |
| 10/8/1971 | Edwin | Kessler | NOAA | Severe Storms |
| 10/15/1971 | David | Rose | Oak Ridge | Status and Outlook for Controlled Nuclear Fusion |
| 10/22/1971 | Riccardo | Giacconi | AS&E | Recent Developments in X-Ray Astronomy |
| 10/29/1971 | Eugene N. | Parker | Chicago | Origin of Magnetic Fields |
| 11/4/1971 | A. B. | Severny | USSR-Crimea Obs. | Solar Magnetic Fields |
| 11/5/1971 | James C. G. | Walker | Yale | Evolution of the Earth's Atmosphere |
| 11/12/1971 | Henry H. | Plotkin | GSFC | Lasers for Tracking and Communications in Space |
| 11/19/1971 | Thomas | Simkin | Smithsonian | Modern Studies of Active Volcanoes |
| 12/3/1971 | Peter A. | Sturrock | Stanford | A Model of Pulsars |
| 12/10/1971 | Bernd T. | Matthias | UC-San Diego | Superconductivity |
| 12/17/1971 | Richard H. | Jahns | Stanford | Earthquake Hazards: Consequences and Possibilities for Prediction |
| 1/7/1972 | Paul D. | Lowman | GSFC | Earth,Moon,Mars:Comparative Crustal Evolution of Silicate Planets |
| 1/14/1972 | John | Winckler | Minnesota | Magnetospheric Substorms: Origin of Van Allen Radiation Belt |
| 1/21/1972 | Remo | Ruffini | Princeton | Black Holes in Space |
| 1/28/1972 | Donald M. | Hunten | KPNO | Surface Topography of Mars |
| 2/4/1972 | Stephen G. | Brush | Maryland | Relations Between Planetary Science & "Pure" Science in 19th Cent. |
| 2/11/1972 | Eugen W. | Merzbacher | North Carolina | Gedanken Experiments: How to Do Experiments Without Funds |
| 2/18/1972 | C. | Payne-Gaposh | Harvard-SAO | Magellanic Clouds and the Structure of Our Galaxy |
| 2/25/1972 | Milton A. | Mitz | NASA HQ | Exploring the Distant Parts of the Solar System |
| 3/3/1972 | Michael B. | McElroy | Harvard | Evolution of Planetary Atmospheres |
| 3/10/1972 | Kenneth | Kellermann | NRAO-Greenbank | Radio Galaxies, Quasars and Cosmology |
| 3/14/1972 | David R. | Scott | Manned Spacecraft C | Field Geology Studies on the Lunar Surface |
| 3/17/1972 | Rudolf A. | Hanel | GSFC | Results from Infrared Spectroscopy Experiment on Mars Mariner 9 |
| 3/24/1972 | Cecil | Gentry | NOAA | Hurricanes |
| 4/7/1972 | Herbert | Friedman | NRL | The Cosmic X-Ray Background Radiation |
| 4/14/1972 | John M. | Wilcox | Stanford | Stellar, Solar, Interplanetary and Geomagnetic Fields |
| 4/28/1972 | Kip S. | Thorne | Caltech | Experimental Tests of General Relativity |
| 5/5/1972 | Charles P. | Sonett | Ames Research Ctr. | Lunar Magnetic Fields for Fun and Profit |
| 5/12/1972 | N. Terence | Edgar | Scripps | Scientific Results and Technology of Drilling in the Deep Oceans |
| 5/19/1972 | Robert A. | Phinney | Princeton | Structure of the Earth's Core |
| 5/26/1972 | Aden B. | Meinel | Arizona | Thermal Conversion of Solar Energy for Central Power Stations |
| 6/2/1972 | Robert G. | Stone | GSFC | Space Radio Astronomy |
| 6/9/1972 | Antony | Hewish* | UK-Cambridge | The Nature of Pulsars |
| 9/15/1972 | Joseph | Weber | Maryland | Gravitational Radiation Experiments |
| 9/22/1972 | Samuel A. | Goudsmit | Brookhaven-APS | How Electron Spin Was Discovered |
| 9/29/1972 | Paul | Wild | Australia-CSIRO | Solar Radio Astronomy |
| 10/6/1972 | Raymond | Davis | Brookhaven | Solar Neutrinos |
| 10/13/1972 | Tetsuya T. | Fujita | Chicago | Tornadoes |
| 10/20/1972 | Robert W. | Noyes | Harvard-SAO | Ultraviolet Observations of the Sun |
| 11/3/1972 | Robert H. | Dicke | Princeton | General Relativity and the Solar Oblateness |
| 11/10/1972 | William | Nordberg | GSFC | Results from the Earth Resources Technology Satellite |
| 11/17/1972 | Gordon H. | Pettengill | MIT | Planetary Radar Astronomy |
| 12/1/1972 | Lewis E. | Snyder | Virginia | Interstellar Molecules |
| 12/8/1972 | S. Ichtiaque | Rasool | NASA HQ | History of Planetary Atmospheres |
| 12/15/1972 | Bernard L. | Strehler | USC | Toward the Control of Human Aging |
| 1/12/1973 | John F. | Dewey | SUNY-Albany | Plate Tectonics |
| 1/15/1973 | Kenneth | Hardy | AFCRL | Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) |
| 1/26/1973 | Lester | Machta | NOAA | Man's Influence on the Climate |
| 2/2/1973 | John C. | Brandt | GSFC | Rock Art Astronomy |
| 2/9/1973 | Lyman | Spitzer,Jr. | Princeton | Preliminary Results from Copernicus on the Interstellar Medium |
| 2/16/1973 | Sebastian | Von Hoerner | NRAO-Greenbank | Population Explosion and Interstellar Expansion |
| 2/23/1973 | Jack | Minker | Maryland | Artificial Intelligence |
| 3/2/1973 | Charles A. | Barth | Boulder-UC | Mariner 9 UV Measurements of Mars |
| 3/9/1973 | David H. | Staelin | MIT | Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Atsmosphere: Passive Microwave Tech. |
| 3/16/1973 | William A. | Fowler | <