Now Showing at National Air and Space Museum Theaters
Cosmic Collisions
A spectacular immersive theater experience, Cosmic Collisions launches visitors on a thrilling trip through space and time—well beyond the calm face of the night sky—to explore cosmic collisions, hypersonic impacts that drive the dynamic and continuing evolution of the universe. (2009, 23 min.)
Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag follows American F-15
Eagle pilot John Stratton as he trains with some of the world’s best pilots.
The movie depicts Stratton’s progression through the challenging and dangerous
exercises of Operation Red Flag, the international training program for
air forces of allied countries. (2004, 40 min.)
Hubble 3D takes audiences on the amazing journey into space to experience the Hubble Space Telescope missions. Viewers will accompany astronauts on space walks as they attempt some of the most difficult tasks ever undertaken in NASA's history and will experience the amazing power of space launches, project setbacks and the dramatic rescues in this powerful and inspiring story surrounding the most important scientific instrument since Galileo's original telescope. (2010, 45 min.)
Please note: All films at the Airbus IMAX Theater are presented in 2D.
How big is the universe? Where does it end? Are we alone? These questions and more are tackled in Infinity Express. The 20-minute full-dome planetarium show takes an exciting journey through space and time to gain an understanding of the Universe, which is slowly offering up its secrets.
Run Time:
20 min. (approx.)
MPAA Rating: Not rated, suitable for all audiences ADA services: Open Captioning, Descriptive Video
Our journey to the stars spans billions of years, beginning on Earth and extending through time and space until returning home. Discover the history of our universe, from the birth of stars from hydrogen, helium gas and dark matter, to the development of star clusters and planets to the present day demonstration of how stars work–including phenomena such as million-degree corona blasts to the fusion of atomic nuclei. Using our familiar night sky, viewers will see how the stars go through this life process and learn what stars have made possible. (2009, 24:30 min.)
Fly in the cockpit of some of history’s most amazing aircraft – including a Stearman wooden biplane, Harrier Jump Jet, and Super Constellation. Discover the design challenges, financial risks and many lessons learned from a century of aviation trial and error, bringing us to the dawn of a new era of revolutionary aircraft – Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus 380. Witness the construction and final assembly of the 787, and join chief test pilot Mike Carriker as he puts the new airliner through its rigorous test flights. (2010, 42 min.)
This film will not be shown in 3D at the Airbus IMAX Theater
Director Brad Bird and Producer J.J. Abrams bring us the action packed, entertainment event of the holiday season with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL.
The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization's name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this.
"The Dark Knight Rises" prologue (6 minutes) will be shown before every screening of Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol
One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure follows Sesame Street's Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a Muppet from Zhima Jie, the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. (20 min.)
FREE Admission
Please note: tickets available free at Planetarium box office. Tickets may be ordered by phone at 202-633-4629 or 1-877-932-4629 (toll free), however $2.00 per ticket fee applies for phone orders.
Audience members will experience first hand, the long-standing tradition of military and civilian response to a humanitarian crisis that may occur anywhere in the world. Through the eyes and reflections of the film's featured characters, we will get an insider's view of the training, the hardware used, and the passionate commitment to saving lives, as captured in the real-time filming of the response to the disaster in Haiti. (2011, 45 min.)
Experience the legendary Imax film that millions have raved about for over 30 years. Watch the Earth drop away beneath you on an 1800s balloon ascent; rocket across the Arizona skies with the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels; soar on a hang glider off the coast of Hawaii; and blast off into space on a Saturn rocket. The incredible Imax 5-story screen and 20,000 watts of sound will take you on a journey few pilots have experienced. To Fly! is the Museum's first and most popular Imax film. (1976, 27 min.)
Join filmmaker Sean Casey and a team of storm-chasing scientists on their daring quest to witness the birth of a tornado. Armed with an arsenal of the most advanced weather instruments ever created, a fleet of customized, armored vehicles, Tornado Alley takes you on a thrilling ride directly into the paths of these destructive storms. (2011, 42 min.)
Journey through the stars, constellations and celestial highlights
of the current night sky with a Museum staff member using the Albert Einstein Planetarium
projector.
FREE Admission
Please note: tickets available free at Planetarium box office. Tickets may be ordered by phone at 202-633-4629 or 1-877-932-4629 (toll free), however $2.00 per ticket fee applies for phone orders.
Cosmic Collisions
Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag
Hubble 3D
Infinity Express
Journey to the Stars
Legends of Flight 3D
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol
One World, One Sky
Rescue 3D
To Fly!
Tornado Alley
The Stars Tonight