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The exterior of the National Air and Space Museum

National Air and Space Museum

Washington, DC

Open Thursday through Monday

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The exterior of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy center.

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Chantilly, VA

Open Daily

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Pilot Francis D. "Chief" Bowhan (left) with Mary Grace and her husband F. J. Grace
Meet Francis D. Bowhan
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Mercury Space Food Beef and Vegetables Tube
What Really Is Astronaut Food?
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Thanksgiving in Space
Celebrating Thanksgiving in Space
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Upcoming Events

Viewing of 12
Grumman F-14 Tomcat at the Udvar-Hazy Center
Presented Online
Top Gun Then and Now
brown bird in flight over water
Presented Online
Birds, Bats, Bugs and Brothers: Animals Pave the Way for Human Flight
A ‘seflie’ image taken by the Perseverance rover with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in the background.
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Perseverance and Ingenuity Models on Display
Book cover for Flying Camelot
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Book Signing: Flying Camelot
Telescopic observing draws young visitors
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Stargaze at the Observatory
Telescopic observing draws young visitors
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Stargaze at the Observatory
International Space Station surrounded my flags of countries involved
Presented Online
Live Chat: Diplomacy in Space
Telescopic observing draws young visitors
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Stargaze at the Observatory
Official Hubble 25th Anniversary Image: Celestial Fireworks
Presented Online
From Hubble to Webb: Observatories in Space
Telescopic observing draws young visitors
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Stargaze at the Observatory
Telescopic observing draws young visitors
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Stargaze at the Observatory
Amelia Earhart and her Flying Career
Presented Online
Searching for Amelia

Past Events

Viewing of 12
Four astronauts in space suits.
Presented Online
Live Chat: Astronauts of SpaceX Crew-1
Telescopic observing draws young visitors
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Star Party at the Udvar-Hazy Center
A photo collage showing a hurricane, a seal, a boat, fish, weather, and a cockpit of a plane.
Presented Online
Virtual Family Challenge
A picture of the dashboard inside the flight deck of a hurricane hunting plane.
Presented Online
NOAA Live! All Stars from NOAA's Satellite, Aircraft Operations & National Weather Service
Telescopic observing draws young visitors
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Stargaze at the Observatory
A photo collage showing a hurricane, a seal, a boat, fish, weather, and a cockpit of a plane.
Presented Online
NOAA Live! All Stars from NOAA Fisheries & Ocean Service
Hurricane Epsilon
Presented Online
Flights of Fancy Story Time: Hunting Hurricanes!
A photo collage showing a hurricane, a seal, a boat, fish, weather, and a cockpit of a plane.
Presented Online
Soar Together @ Air and Space: NOAA in Your Life
Hurricane Irene from the GOES-13 Satellite
Presented Online
Remote Sensing and How It Impacts Your Life
A woman stands on the wing of an airplane
Presented Online
Centennial of a Pioneering Pilot: Bessie Coleman
Visitors dressed in Star Wars costumes
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Air & Scare Outside
Shaesta Waiz in her airplane.
Presented Online
Women Innovators in Aviation and Space: Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Apollo at 50
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Featured Stories
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Several women in 1920s fashion smile at the camera in a group portrait.
Story
Meet Members of the Ninety-Nines
A truck on a public road with other vehicles behind it as carries a large white triangular object with the city view in the background.
Story
Columbia Comes Home
AirSpace, a podcast, logo
Story
AirSpace Season 5, Ep. 6: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Ellen Church
Story
Flight Attending Firsts
Suzanne Asbury-Oliver
Story
Skywriting Your Name in History: Suzanne Asbury-Oliver
Osa Johnson
Story
Flying for Photography
Sally Ride in astronaut flight suit and headset
Story
Reaching New Heights in Space
Vera Rubin and Kent Ford
Story
Meet Vera Rubin

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At a deeper level, I think the museum makes visitors feel proud to be human –

to be members of a species that has traveled from a lonely beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to the dusty surface of the moon in less than seven decades..." - John H. Glenn, Jr

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