Stories of daring, stories of technological feats, stories of prevailing against the odds ... these are the stories we tell at the National Air and Space Museum. Dive in to the stories below to discover, learn, and be inspired.
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July 09, 2025
Before more Museum galleries open, we're revisiting how we hang really, really big, priceless artifacts from the ceiling in the museum.
July 02, 2025
However, every historic milestone was once highly debated. Many of these debates continue today.
July 01, 2025
Could humans one day live on other planets? Many efforts are underway to answer that question.
June 30, 2025
Space Camp opened at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, in the summer of 1982, as a weeklong sleepaway camp for middle school students.
June 26, 2025
In the era of human spaceflight, the community of amateur horologists found a story ripe for their attention: the selection of the Omega Speedmaster Professional as the chronograph (a watch with stopwatch and other functions) certified by NASA for use on spaceflights, both inside and outside the spacecraft.
June 26, 2025
In this inaugural Book Club episode, AirSpace hosts discuss The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy by Dr. Moiya McTier. Read along in a non-fiction romp through the Milky Way's life (and future death) told from its perspective.
June 24, 2025
A new national Air and Space Museum gallery explores the different ways humans could build a presence in outer space.
June 24, 2025
In 1920, Astronomers Heber Curtis and Harlow Shapley debated at the Smithsonian whether Andromeda was a separate galaxy.
June 24, 2025
Pulling back the curtain on artifacts in storage.
June 24, 2025
After 44 years of excellence as a tanker, the U.S. Air Force retires the McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender.