At 8:15 pm on Monday, April 26, 1920, two men took to the stage of the Baird Auditorium in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Each man had been given 40 minutes ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has announced the next phase of gallery openings at its flagship building in Washington, D.C. Five new exhibitions, the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater and ...

Cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko, commander for the Mir-21 mission, floats through the Base Block Module on Russia's Mir Space Station.

NASM's aircraft was used primarily for FAC missions. It flew hundreds of sorties and suffered damage from enemy ground fire on at least four occasions. On one, a bullet punctured the left wing and in ...

This glimpse into the future is made possible by Astrobotic Technology, which houses the museum in the front of its sprawling 47,000-square-foot headquarters. Astrobotic is one of several private ...

Unfortunately, with the airships’ huge size came massive maintenance and refueling expenses, not to mention ground crews the size of small armies to handle landings and moorings. Safety became a ...

Learn about moon landings past and future!Meet Team Artemis 18 astronauts have been chosen to serve on Team Artemis, the next group of astronauts to go on moon missions. The Artemis missions will ...

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, ...

On August 6, 2012, Curiosity became the first rover to be landed by being lowered to the surface via a Skycrane system. The rover landed between the north side of Mt. Sharp and the northern wall of ...

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 ...

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