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. This ...

The Smithsonian Institution received a $200 million donation from Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chair of Amazon, and founder of aerospace and space flight company Blue Origin. A portion of the ...

Charles M. Schulz and Walt Disney, the creators of some of the most endearing cartoon characters ever drawn, both found inspiration in the worlds of aviation and space.

Commercial landers signal a new era in lunar exploration. At the new Moonshot Museum in Pittsburgh, visitors can tour a lunar habitat, design a mission patch, and even build their own model rovers.

One hundred years after the first U.S. Navy airship took to the skies, zeppelins and blimps are poised to make a comeback ...

Aerial view of Hagerstown, Maryland, annotated with locations of properties in the Hagerstown, Maryland, area owned, operated, or subcontracted for use by Fairchild Aircraft Division of Fairchild ...

Rockets launched the Space Age. They provided the power needed to take spacecraft and people on flights beyond the Earth.

However, before the development of practical aircraft photography, aerial views of the Earth were obtained in different ways. Our first looks at the Earth from above came from kites, rockets, balloons ...

While not a household name, Gerard K. O’Neill contributed greatly to furthering the ideas of space flight for the post-Apollo era of the 1970s. Explore his work and futuristic visions.

The National Air and Space Museum's Teacher Innovator Institute (TII) will welcome up to 30 teachers from across the United States each summer. Teachers will remain with the program for two summers, ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will explore the many uses of aviation beyond military air operations and commercial flight in its GE Aviation Lecture Series this fall. On Nov. 17, a ...

This fall, a spacecraft from a galaxy far, far, away will go on display at the Museum in DC: a full-sized T-70 X-wing Starfighter “flown” by Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) in Star Wars: The Rise of ...