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. On ...

The Vultee BT-13 Valiant joins the Fairchild PT-19 and the Boeing-Stearman PT-13/17 series (see NASM collection for both aircraft) as the most widely used United States primary trainers of World War ...

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.

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. The ...

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.

3D models of historic objects from the National Air and Space Museum's collection, produced in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution's Digitization Program Office. The National Air and Space ...

Browse our collections, stories, research, and on demand content. Before the race to the Moon ended in 1969, both the Americans and Soviets were planning their separate futures in space. After the ...

In 1978, Congress passed a law allowing airlines to set their own fares and routes, an event that transformed the commercial airline industry and the passenger experience. Regulation by the federal ...

1. Continuous, Supersonic Afterburner. Ever wonder what causes the diamond pattern in the SR-71 jet engine exhaust? It's due to the extra thrust provided by the afterburner which is actually ...

This blog is in the process of being updated. Please check back later for more information. In the meantime, you may enjoy this blog post about attempts to return to the Moon in the 1980s- early 2000s ...

As the Apollo program took form in the early 1960s, NASA engineers always kept the safety of their astronauts at the fore in light of the enormous risks they knew were inherent in the goal of landing ...

At 10:35 a.m., on December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made history in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. They made the first powered, controlled flight of a heavier-than-air flying machine. It was ...