As the National Air and Space Museum built its collection and its identity, it also needed to find its footing as a place for ...
The Viking project became my introduction to how spacecraft data are crucial for scientists to understand the geologic ...
The scrapbook I kept about the Viking mission and everything related to space exploration is here with me now in my office at ...
In summer 2026, NASA will commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the most consequential milestones in planetary ...
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum joins the aviation and spaceflight communities in mourning the loss of Wally Funk, who was a remarkable pilot, flight instructor, Air Safety ...
The story of Christina Koch’s journey from childhood dreams of being an astronaut to floating outside the International Space Station sounds like a classic tale of the modern age. And soon, she will ...
People may know Artemis as NASA’s return-to-the-Moon program. However, it is much more than a rerun of Project Apollo. While the destination is the same, the goals are more ambitious. The program’s ...
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has announced the expansion of its Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. This will be the first major construction and physical change to ...
The dangers of powering military aircraft with nuclear energy. Seventy years ago, on September 17, 1955, a modified Convair B-36 departed Carswell Air Force Base in Texas. Legendary U.S. Air Force ...
To end the brutality of World War I combat, military strategists looked to the skies for victory. World War I airplanes that can still fly are a rarity. In the United States, in fact, only a handful ...
Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. For ...
These days, it takes seven hours to fly from New York to London, compared to under three hours flying at twice the speed of sound on the Concorde. When I started my internship at the National Air and ...
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