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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Curiosity, a Mars rover, attempts to take a self-portrait of itself as it stands on a slope section on Mars.

July 14, 2022

Exploring the Red Planet with Robots

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Take a look back with us at the landers, rovers, and helicopter that have explored Mars.

A woman examines a piece of paper as she holds it up. The paper has different boxes and dots on it.

July 14, 2022

4 Ways We Have Explored Our Planets

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Lean about four different ways we explore and research the planets in our Solar System.

View of a part of the surface of Titan, a moon orbiting Saturn. The visible surface is rocky and is very uneven.

July 14, 2022

Why Earth? Looking for Life on Other Worlds

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There is no place like home—at least in our neighborhood.

An animated still of a robot teaching two people about something on a whiteboard.

July 10, 2022

The Real-Life Effects of Lightyear’s Time Dilation

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Museum curator Samantha Thompson explores the cool science that goes along with the fun fiction in the 2022 film Lightyear.

A fighter-style jet in a completely vertical position in the air. The nose of the aircraft points toward the top of the photograph and the tail toward the bottom.

July 07, 2022

Speed and the Cold War

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Learn about the integral role speed played during the Cold War.

A teenaged-looking boy holds up a large model airplane as if he is about to launch it into the air.

June 30, 2022

Five Connections Between the Need for Speed in the Air and on the Ground

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Speed on the ground and in the air may have more connections than you think.

A man sits behind the steering wheel of a biplane, looking toward the camera. The photo looks old and is dated August 1909.

June 29, 2022

The Fastest Man on Earth

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Learn about Glen Curtiss—who was at one time known as the fastest man on Earth.

Black and white image of a man standing in front of an airplane, holding an object in his hand, and looking to the right.

June 24, 2022

1947: Year of the Flying Saucer

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What Kenneth Arnold saw while flying past Mt. Rainier on June 24, 1947, remains a mystery. He spent the rest of his life trying to explain it and inadvertently added the words “flying saucer” to the vocabularies of millions of people around the world. Learn about the story behind it.

A biplane just barely above the ground with a person standing to the right of it.

June 23, 2022

The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk

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Kitty Hawk, NC—where the Wrights made their world changing flights. 

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June 23, 2022

AirSpace Season 6, Ep. 4: Electricity

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A decade ago it was pretty rare to see an all-electric car on the road. Now that you see them all. the. time. we wondered – what about electric vehicles in the *sky*? Several companies are working to overcome the challenges of all-electric flight, and it’ll likely be a long time before your commercial plane goes electric. But smaller, shorter-distance applications of all-electric air transport might be just around the corner. In this episode, we speak to Dr. Martine Rothblatt to learn how her company is working towards using electric helicopters to deliver the ultimate precious cargo -- transplantable human organs.